Stockholm Business Consulting for Owner-Run Firms

• Life science in Hagastaden and beyond

  Stockholm Science City, an organisation working to strengthen the city in life science, says a large share of Sweden's life science companies and employees sit in the Stockholm-Uppsala region. Around the research institutes you find small biotech firms, diagnostics and device makers, and the service providers that support them. The organisation also runs an initiative for companies setting up in Hagastaden.

• Tech and fintech firms

  Stockholm Business Region names tech and fintech among the city's strong clusters. Alongside the well-known names sit many small software houses, payment start-ups and consultancies that build for larger customers and live on a handful of contracts.

• Knowledge-intensive services

  The regional agency calls knowledge-intensive services, covering law, economics, science and technology, the core of the business base. Accountants, legal practices, engineering consultancies and research outfits make up much of this group, and most are owner-led partnerships.

• Restaurants, archipelago and visitors

  Visit Stockholm describes the city as having made big gains in food, with award-winning chefs and a focus on sustainable sourcing, and promotes the islands of the archipelago as a day-trip draw. Restaurants, cafes, boat operators and small guesthouses depend on short seasons and weather.

• 01Software and fintech firms frequently live on a couple of large customers, so a lost contract can unsettle a whole team.
• 02Consultancies and professional partnerships commonly bill by time, and unbilled hours go unnoticed until the month-end review.
• 03Small life science and device firms often run long stretches without revenue and need a plain view of cash against milestones.
• 04Restaurants and island operators usually see income bunch into short seasons while rent and wages run all year.

UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. In winter a Stockholm clock reads 4 hours 30 minutes earlier than India's; in summer the difference is 3 hours 30 minutes.

We book the first call once the scope of the problem is clear, so the conversation starts from your business and not from a calendar.

• Technology
• Healthcare
• Professional services
• Financial services
• Hospitality

Trades to start from

• Software development companies
• Cybersecurity companies
• Payment and fintech companies
• Medical device manufacturers
• Genetic and speciality testing labs
• Business consultants
• Law firms
• Restaurants

• Business Consulting

  A review of cash against contract dates helps software and biotech owners see how many months they can fund before the next payment.

• Business Audit

  An audit of billed against worked hours shows consultancies and agencies which clients and projects quietly lose money.

• Business Process

  Writing down who owns each client hand-off reduces the founder dependence common in small expert firms.

• Business Growth

  Seasonal operators can plan offers and staffing around the short visitor peak instead of reacting to it.

1. First call by phone or video, to hear how your business runs and what is stuck.
2. A written scope that says what we will look at, what you will receive and what we need from you, with the fee written in your own currency.
3. Your first sheet: the one page of numbers or decisions that the work starts from.
4. A review rhythm agreed with you, so the work is checked against what actually happened.