Imagine receiving high quality, reasonably priced strategic services from a team of experienced business men and women who have started and managed businesses worldwide and who get excited about helping other business succeed. Our structure channels the right talent to the specific problem, because we enlist experts in each field as required. Our consultants enjoy implementing solutions as much as designing them. They are business coaches as much as coaches for executives. Your success becomes their success.
Business planning
These services encompass work for corporate venturing to new ventures, from turnaround to challenging competitive situations, from new product launches to growth strategies for products or divisions. We conduct planning that may result in revised or new business plans, which may be presented to a board or to venture/equity funds. We may assist in launching the business in capacities ranging from outside consultants to outsourced or co-sourced providers of specific functions.
Through our affiliate MyNextClient, we provide strategic sales coaching at the company or account level for complex, high ticket products and services requiring a consultive approach.
Technology strategy, implementation, and management
GraceOne is not a pure technology consultancy, and we believe that gives us an advantage. Unlike other technology firms who simply "place" engineers at the client location without management, understanding of the client's business, or a concern for the bottom line, GraceOne starts with a throrough understanding of the business objectives and of management's vision for the business. Because we are first business practioners with a deep understanding of technology, we believe that technology must serve the business, and, as Einstein said, "Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler."
International Trade Finance
We provide elegant solutions to international trade finance. Drawing on the programs of export credit agencies such the U.S. Ex-Im Bank, Export Development Canada, Coface (France), SACE (Italy) and ECGD (UK), as well as government and private insurance, we help protect corporate income streams from political and commercial risk. Our financing packages consider content requirements, the structure of repayments, and the cash conversion cycle.
Grace One also provides knowledge and expertise on compliance issues that attend an international transaction. Knowledge of Denied Party Screening, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, U.S. sanctions and Export Licensing requirements preclude costly mistakes and fines.
The bedrock of international trade lies in the protection of property rights, the enforceability of title to goods, the protection of intellectual property and an intimate knowledge of the U.N. Convention on the Contracts of International Sale of Goods, Incoterms 2010, the UCP 600 for Commercial Letters of Credit, the ISP98 for Standby Letters of Credit, the URC 522 for Documentary Collections and an understanding of the protocols and customs that attend international trade.
Our trade finance solutions take into consideration the unique attributes and needs of each client and mold the trade finance process to suit these needs while flexibly encompassing the attributes of each transaction and requirements of target market.
Multinational conventions or bilateral trade agreements often provide unique opportunities in international trade. At Grace One we specialize in understanding these agreements and in capitalizing on the opportunities they present.