Business Development & Sustainability

Our project is open to individual students or groups. Our e-commerce ecosystem connects consumers with their local producers and suppliers of fresh food and other artisanal products. We work with entrepreneurs and small businesses to help get their unique, high quality products more known by consumers. Our vision is to make fresh, unique and wholesome local products more available and accessible. We would like to work with students in helping us support our businesses to succeed. The particular challenge we are facing is how to effectively communicate our brand and platform to a wide range of businesses. Some questions that could be answered in helping us face this challenge include: Does our digital marketing strategy communicate our brand effectively? What can be improved in our outreach and marketing process to attract the types of business we’re looking for? What can be improved in our on-boarding and support processes to retain businesses and ensure their success? We are looking for students who can provide: Practical solutions to address our challenges A pragmatic report including root causes of our issues, possible action plans, and a functional timeline to mitigate the challenge One-to-one weekly or bi-weekly consultation

Brand Identity, Graphic Design and Competitor Analysis

Be a part of a start up business. Project: Conduct Intensive Competitive Analysis to Support Branding Using our competitive analysis we require support with our branding. Improve our messaging to reach our target. Review our colours, fonts etc. Identify areas of improvement and develop a plan for better promotion and brand awareness. This project may combine research, data analysis, graphic design and more! Collaboration is of great importance to Accessible Professionals. The intern will be required to work well independently and as part of a team. We require Intern/student to develop and implement a realistic concrete strategic marketing plan to help with the launch of our platform. Based on our goals, possible deliverables include the following: Conduct competitive analysis Research to define our unique brand position and create consistent promotional messaging Logo that highlights brand awareness and brand positioning A branding guide Analyze our current market research Explore other marketing ideas, outside social media to promote our launch Formulate a marketing strategies for the members who will engage with professional services online Assess our social media to create a strategy that will help us meet our marketing goals PLEASE NOTE THE PROJECT TIMELINE IS VERY FLEXIBLE. WE CAN DISCUSS TOGETHER THE DELIVERABLES TO NARROW DOWN WHAT IS OF MOST INTEREST TO YOU. AFTER 80 HOURS YOU WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

Mergers & Acquisitions Research

We are a boutique advisory and consulting firm that is looking to enter the Mergers & Acquisitions market in a bigger way. We are ready to take our business to the next level! Our company requires some assistance in assessing the current and future potential for mergers and acquisitions in the British Columbia and Ontario geography. We want to learn more about customer’s expectations and behaviours in suggested new regions and markets. It is important for us to stay up to date on industry standards to ensure that we research new locations fully and completely before choosing to enter. . Our specific need is an outline of our industry’s expansion opportunities in the private sector. This report should include an optimal location recommendation list. To consider: which markets align with our current one? What markets can we own? What markets are untapped? Who is being underserved? Where are there clients that we have yet to reach? What are the pros and cons to expanding our operations? What potential competitors exist in new locations? What legal protocol will need to be considered? We are looking for an extensive competitor and market analysis and recommendations for our firm to stand out and have a competitive advantage.

Competitive Analysis for e-commerce platform

It’s important for us to have a better understanding of how our products, services and pricing compare to our competitors. We want to develop clarity on our competitive advantages in order to optimize our development roadmap, pricing, and marketing strategy. This project will include: An identification of our current competitors. An identification of potential future competitors (eg. a large company in a similar industry who may enter the space) The creation of a matrix identifying features shared across the companies and those that are different. A breakdown of pricing for each (this may require taking meetings with our competitors, as many have their full pricing table hidden.) Some examples of use cases for each A summary for each: 2-4 paragraphs that describe our competitive advantages and disadvantages relative to the competition identified. This could be done in the form of a SWOT analysis. An overview of your findings, highlighting key trends in services and products available. Objective We hope to gain a comprehensive understanding of the competitors in our space and how we can differentiate ourselves through our product/service offering, pricing, and messaging.