AI Magazine Issue 3 2017

Acquisition International - March 2017 27 Launchpad Five One Six is a management consulting firm that works with companies on evaluating and correcting problematic areas within their business. Winners of Most Innovative Management Consultancy 2017, Launchpad is a boutique firm that works with businesses from small/mid- size all the way up to Fortune 500 companies. Company: Launchpad Five One Six Name: George Andriopoulos Email: [email protected] Web: launchpad516.com Address: 285 Broadhollow Rd, Farmingdale, NY 11735 Phone: +1 (516) 694-5000 Scope of Opportunity y role as the managing partner on most consults is to help collaborate with our clients’ management/c-suite level employees and devise a creative and innovative strategy that will help them meet their goals. I then work with my team to solidify these ideas and design an actionable plan which we then help the client execute. Launchpad Five One Six provides consulting services in operations, organisation, growth strategy, marketing, management/employee training, efficiency strategy and of course start-up consulting. Our clients’ performance, post-consult, is usually the greatest indicator of success in our overall work. I’d like to think that the idea that is sparked from a collaborative session between myself and my client, followed by the execution of the plan by my team, creates the synergistic brain trust that determines the overall success of our project and by default the excellence of our firm’s work. Launchpad Five One Six’s consultants and analysts each play an important role in the process and I believe we are a true example of the theory that the sum of our parts is greater than the whole. Launchpad Five One Six has a mission of helping our community and local commerce by helping the businesses that comprise it. We chose to remain a boutique firm - so that we could remain accessible to smaller firms - and give them the tools that are normally only afforded to larger companies. The firm’s greatest contribution to the management consultancy realm is the reintroduction of ‘humanity’ as a consulting factor. Indeed, our connection to the clients we serve is extremely important to our consulting style. Without connecting the dots between goals, strategy, people and balance, we could not have the success that we have achieved. Our biggest challenge in 2017 will also be our greatest opportunity. We are introducing a campaign which we hope to be adopted by past, present and future clients called ‘Not Just 4 Profit.’ We will be offering a mix of consulting and outreach services which will help bridge the gap between companies and their communities. We hope to show our clients and their customers that a company is not necessarily limited by the customary designations of ‘for-profit’ and ‘not-for-profit.’ Our clients appreciate our innovative consulting style and realise that our human touch creates an environment that is conducive to growth and success. Scope of Opportunity 1703AI76 M