Smart technology & internet

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smart technology & internet

Where the world of technology is moving fast we have the latest tech in our continuous sight. We understand technology and business drivers. 

Extended Scale-up+

The GCF Scale-UP is what we think the best combination of all our services. All our experiences and knowledge combined in helping a company move forward, achieve new heights, growth and expansion. The scale-up service provides management, expertise and funding in a result driven agreement. The "extended GCF scale-up", can add business IT and product services on to it. In a short period of time, we can bring in (missing) basic technologies, implement them and improve business operations and value. This improves profitability and reduces cost in a short period of time. It can include related products and services as well, enabling clients to improve product offerings and for example upsell immediately. A combined package of immediate benefit and a boost to the future.
 
Finance and Investment.
Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, new products and services, it requires tech-savvy investment and financial expertise. Our cutting-edge expertise at the forefront of these technologies enables us to define business cases, identify market and market approaches and realize the investments necessary for further growth. Our experience and knowledge focused on technology costs, the contracts, the benefits and how to correctly express them financially. Investors need clear financial information on the technologies. Not how to create products but what are short term and long term costs, benefits and dependencies. Question our experience and knowledge has answers too.
 
Sales, Mergers and Acquisitions
Technology, People and Processes are key elements to make divestments, mergers and acquisitions a success. With the many mergers and acquisitions under our belt, our entrepreneurial expertise pays off. Sound plans on systems, correct financials on mergers, due diligence with expert knowledge and acquisitions which include making the acquisition with people and systems a success.
 
Divestitures, Spin-offs, Carve-outs
We have seen and organized them in all sizes. The key element is managing the balance of the originator and the designator. In a divestment, the divesting company looks for the financial upside and reducing the costly separation. The divested company looks for separating quickly and getting what was agreed upon. We managed and created them many times. The technology and data are often the key stumbling blocks and the longest running projects. Our expert knowledge of technology and managing and organizing these programmes enable our clients an organized and optimized break, spin-off and carve-out.
 
Project and Consultancy
The key element binding our client support are our projects and consultancy. Project management has been developing over time from waterfall and Prince, into agile methods. All with their benefits and issues. Our project managers are skilled in all and most of all skilled in the result. We understand the value of communication, planning and relations. We consider personal positions and success. We consider a project a success when it has furthered the goals of the commissioners. Any project sets out goal we understand the road can change, the goal can change, success stays. 
 
Consultancy is the art of adding value to the consultee by bringing in Expertise and or Management. Our consultancy is never based on ours spent nor on juniors doing the work. We count consultancy in results we have brought, the goals achieved and we take a risk and participate in the outcome. Consultancy for seniors we call it, consultants you call to get things done.
 
 
Sparring partners and part-timers
It's about deep thinking, deep understanding but also about the experience, the contacts, the open doors and expertise. Often executives find themselves in new territory, business-wise, technology-wise. Choices to make out of apparently similar options, with deep consequences which can be invisible at first sight. Especially in technology choices, in a merger, who has what, what to keep what to let go, in an acquisition, what is the value, is it as 'they' say. Those are questions where we as Technology sparring partners bring senior expertise in how to deal with these issues. We go deep, we research things help bring clarity. We are sparring partners, just a call away or in regular meetings. We help guide less experienced staff through the technologies, the new technologies and the many people related technology issues (turf wars).
 
A special service we provide is the part-timers. Many companies don't need full-time CTO, CIO's but do need help with regular management of projects, implementations, steering committees and more. We work as part-time CxO's, supporting multiple companies in a part-time model. Why don't you give us a try, part-time or as a sparring partner?
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

FINANCE AND INVESTMENT.

Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, new products and services, it requires tech-savvy investment and financial expertise. Our cutting-edge expertise at the forefront of these technologies enables us to define business cases, identify market and market approaches and realize the investments necessary for further growth. Our experience and knowledge focused on technology costs, the contracts, the benefits and how to correctly express them financially. Investors need clear financial information on the technologies. Not how to create products but what are short term and long term costs, benefits and dependencies. Question our experience and knowledge has answers too.
 

SALES, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Technology, People and Processes are key elements to make divestments, mergers and acquisitions a success. With the many mergers and acquisitions under our belt, our entrepreneurial expertise pays off. Sound plans on systems, correct financials on mergers, due diligence with expert knowledge and acquisitions which include making the acquisition with people and systems a success.
 
 

DIVESTITURES, SPIN-OFFS, CARVE-OUTS

We have seen and organized them in all sizes. The key element is managing the balance of the originator and the designator. In a divestment, the divesting company looks for the financial upside and reducing the costly separation. The divested company looks for separating quickly and getting what was agreed upon. We managed and created them many times. The technology and data are often the key stumbling blocks and the longest running projects. Our expert knowledge of technology and managing and organizing these programmes enable our clients an organized and optimized break, spin-off and carve-out.
 

PROJECT AND CONSULTANCY

The key element binding our client support are our projects and consultancy. Project management has been developing over time from waterfall and Prince, into agile methods. All with their benefits and issues. Our project managers are skilled in all and most of all skilled in the result. We understand the value of communication, planning and relations. We consider personal positions and success. We consider a project a success when it has furthered the goals of the commissioners. Any project sets out goal we understand the road can change, the goal can change, success stays. 
 
Consultancy is the art of adding value to the consultee by bringing in Expertise and or Management. Our consultancy is never based on ours spent nor on juniors doing the work. We count consultancy in results we have brought, the goals achieved and we take a risk and participate in the outcome. Consultancy for seniors we call it, consultants you call to get things done.
 
 

SPARRING PARTNERS AND PART-TIMERS

It's about deep thinking, deep understanding but also about the experience, the contacts, the open doors and expertise. Often executives find themselves in new territory, business-wise, technology-wise. Choices to make out of apparently similar options, with deep consequences which can be invisible at first sight. Especially in technology choices, in a merger, who has what, what to keep what to let go, in an acquisition, what is the value, is it as 'they' say. Those are questions where we as Technology sparring partners bring senior expertise in how to deal with these issues. We go deep, we research things help bring clarity. We are sparring partners, just a call away or in regular meetings. We help guide less experienced staff through the technologies, the new technologies and the many people related technology issues (turf wars).
 
A special service we provide is the part-timers. Many companies don't need full-time CTO, CIO's but do need help with regular management of projects, implementations, steering committees and more. We work as part-time CxO's, supporting multiple companies in a part-time model. Why don't you give us a try, part-time or as a sparring partner?
 
 
 

Technologies

IS YOUR NEXT COMPETITOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT?

Artificial Intelligence is being adopted quickly in all aspects of business products and services. Entrepreneurial companies are developing state of the art technology and keep up with developments in this field. Artificial Intelligence brings together expertise in business, technology and software engineering. It is becoming a race where tech-savvy companies will take the lead in better products, better and cheaper services. Companies lagging behind run risks, risks of not being up to speed with Staff and Knowledge. 

We have the latest tech in our sight, develop on it, work with it and create it. We provide entrepreneurial thinking, the expertise and when appropriate funding to support business adaptation.

 

 

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

Competition is fierce, it's global, and no longer just American. In our current business landscape, bigger players (like Alibaba) move in. We also experience daily how bigger 'money' approaches the market as an investment, able to sell under cost until competitors give up. Then dominate again on self-created monopolies. As savvy entrepreneurs, we know the value of Competitive Intelligence, the systems, the technology and the people. We enable clients to quickly get up to speed and step up to being CI-savvy.

 

BLOCKCHAIN, DISRUPTOR OR OPPORTUNITY

The blockchain is seen as the disruptor and few in current businesses see it as an opportunity. The blockchain world consists of two very separate things. The currency (bitcoin and such) and the blockchain application technology. On blockchain application technology is quickly maturing, technologies such as Ethereum, Zilliq, Fluree, IPFS are life and well. Large-scale trading platforms are life supported by for example Rabo bank and others. Businesses have to deal with the fact it is here to stay, and here to compete. We bring the blockchain tech.expertise to our clients and create strategies to make the blockchains work for the organisation or manage adaption plans to cope with a changing world.

 

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY - ARE YOU OPTIMIZED

From running successful businesses, as we have and do, we know how to use current business technology. CRM, ERP, Finance all the tools at the basics of organisations. Until a Merger, Acquisition or Separation comes along. Our services extend beyond implementation and focus on managing our clients through those major systems and process changes. Grey's experience participating in these core system replacements is invaluable to a 'synergy' success.

 

GDPR AND ART13 - ARE YOU COMPLIANT - BUT ARE YOU MAKING IT A BENEFIT

Technologies are faced with changes in legislation and rules. Sarbanes Oxley one of the bigger a decade ago, now GDPR and Art 13. We are at the bleeding edge of understanding what it means for a business and its services. We support clients with new strategies on for example how GDPR enables EU competition with US companies, how Art13 brings new life into online newspapers and more.

 

BIG DATA, ANALYTICS

Grey's entrepreneurs have been using big data and analytics (intelligence) many years and with success. It enables clients to increase margins, optimize product and pricing, operations and sales. The limits are not found yet, with ever smarter methods we help increase competitiveness for our clients at the forefront of technology.

 

INTERNET AND E-COMMERCE

Internet and eCommerce are both continuously moving. We are at the front of this development with many clients actively pursuing internet and e-commerce strategies. The EU is still a complex maze of rules and regulations, where we offer support and advice. Our entrepreneurs are key internet and eCommerce specialists allowing us to be the key in supporting clients.