What we deliver.
A look at work accomplished: here's what each capability actually covers. Scroll through.
What we deliver.
Four capability areas, applied to whatever the client actually needs.
Strategic Consulting
Market Entry · Competitive Positioning · 5-Year Development Plans
We help organizations decide where to compete and how: market entry strategy, competitive positioning, and long-range development planning grounded in real research.
Market Analysis
Chinese Market Entry · Localization · Opportunity Mapping
Understanding the complexities of the Chinese market and helping international organizations integrate and take advantage of the opportunities here.
Financial Consulting
Investment Strategy · Valuation · Forecasting · Buy-Sell Side Partnership
We help match founders and organizations with interested private equity and investment firms, and draw on our Duke Durham based investment department to funnel promising organizations toward student-led capital.
Data Analysis
Large-Scale Parsing · Algorithmic Reporting · Trend Evaluation
Large-scale data parsing, algorithmic reporting, trend evaluation, and visualization: turning raw data into decisions clients can act on.
Real clients, real impact.
A look at the organizations we've worked with, and the impact we drove.
Clinical Trial Technology Company
An AI-driven clinical trial technology company working to bring new treatments to patients faster.
We restructured their trial-approval workflow, cutting wait time by a third and moving life-changing medicine to market faster.
Global Mental Health Research Nonprofit
A global neuroscience and mental health research nonprofit running large-scale international studies.
China is currently a blind spot in their global research. We're building their Chinese partnership strategy: scoping local NGO policy, mapping the regulatory landscape, and connecting them with a partner who can help them navigate Chinese relations.
Boutique PE & M&A Firm
A boutique private equity and M&A firm holding a Latin American portfolio worth over $300M.
They're looking to exit into the Chinese market. We're identifying and vetting qualified Chinese buyers for their portfolio companies.
The highlights.
A look at work accomplished.
Ideation to Pre-Seed
For an AI clinical trial data tool, we helped move the company from ideation to pre-seed: building an operations pipeline, an executive team structure, a 5-year plan, and strategic recommendations, plus market and competitor analysis that reshaped its branding and PR.
Market Expansion & Rebrand
For a Shanghai lab-grown diamond retailer, we scoped the Chinese market for synthetic diamonds, ran customer outreach and growth strategy, and redesigned their PR using comparative company analysis.
Investment Platform Positioning
For an investment platform, we helped establish investment priorities, researched and identified potential opportunities, narrowed the platform's scope and positioning, and built out its public marketing materials.
Cross-Border Supply Chain
For a Latin American import-export retailer, we mapped a matcha supply chain between China and Latin America, analyzed pricing, and connected the client with potential suppliers.
Where we've worked.
Health Care
Clinical operations, care access, digital health
Startups
Early-stage strategy, fundraising, and operations
AI
Applied AI products and go-to-market
Retail
Consumer strategy and channel expansion
Consumer Products
Brand positioning and market entry
Education
EdTech, workforce development, admissions strategy
Finance
Investment strategy and deal diligence
Specific impact focus.
Real impact
Is this making the world better, bringing stability, and growing welfare?
Real experience
Are we affording our analysts real-world work opportunities, and are we helping our clients tangibly improve?
We're expanding our scope: branching into new industries and training our analysts to tackle a wider range of problems. We're building toward a portfolio of projects as diverse as our student body, with a continued focus on China and international relations.
Ready to put your thinking to work?
Whether you're a DKU student who wants to learn how real consulting gets done, or an organization interested in learning more about what we can offer as a partner, here's where to start.