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Project Title: Strategic Assessment of Smaller Cybersecurity Consulting Firms - Optimize and Grow (Boulder, CO)

ImagineX Consulting

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Project Title Strategic Assessment of Smaller Cybersecurity Consulting Firms - Optimize and Grow (Boulder, CO)
Project Topics Growth Strategy Marketing Organizational Culture Reporting, Financial Planning & Analysis Sales & Business Development Talent Management
Skills & Expertise Communications Management Consulting Market Research Marketing Strategy
Project Synopsis: Challenge/Opportunity
Assessing and Recommending ways for two smaller consulting firms (ImagineX and Rule4) to learn from each other and collaborate to enable growth and efficiency gains for both firms.

Project Address: Rule4 Offices, 3002 Bluff Street, Ste. 100, Boulder, CO 80301
Project Synopsis: Activities/Actions Required
We believe there could be a natural progression and combination of research, interview/validation, and solution development from a business perspective.  
  • Research common pain points for small (<100 employee) consulting firms [prioritizing sales, business operations, and HR/people management]
  • Understand the models and decisions/tradeoffs made by each firm in designing and growing over the last 5-7 years
  • Deep dive on 1-3 specific areas where there are identified opportunities
  • Develop recommendations and (if possible) implementation plans for some "quick wins"
Project Synopsis: Expected Results
Outside of the box thinking and critical thought around what makes it desirable to work at a small consulting firm (from an MBA candidate perspective). A successful outcome would be some tangible/actionable recommendations on things to Keep doing more of and things to maybe do differently.

Project Timeline

ImagineX Consulting - Strategic Assessment of Smaller Cybersecurity Consulting Firms - Optimize and Grow (Boulder, CO)
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Wed, 01/11/23
12:00 AM UTC
Student Interterm Preferences Due
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Wed, 01/18/23
12:00 AM UTC
Students Project Matching Finalized
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Wed, 01/25/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Wed, 01/25/23
12:00 AM UTC
CONFIDENTIALITY
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Fri, 01/27/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Mon, 01/30/23
12:00 AM UTC
Pre-Engagement Meetings Begin
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Fri, 02/10/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Mon, 03/06/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Mon, 03/06/23
12:00 AM UTC
PROJECT KICKOFF
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Tue, 03/07/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Tue, 03/07/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Thu, 03/09/23
12:00 AM UTC
FINAL PRESENTATIONS!!
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Fri, 03/10/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Fri, 03/10/23
12:00 AM UTC
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Fri, 03/10/23
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Wed, 10/04/23
12:00 AM Africa/Abidjan (UTC-00:00)
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