•  Are you a young, fast growing business?

•  Do you have at least two to three years of operations?

•  Is most of your time spent in streamlining operations?

•  Do you have difficulty in deciding areas of investment for your business?

•  Are you unable to communicate your value proposition to investors?

Despair not. You are in the middle of a cycle which is typical of Entreprenuers in your league.

Raising Growth Capital is a full-time activity. The first step in this process is to make your business presentable. You will need to create a business plan and projected financials, of course. But that may not be enough! Investors want to understand your value proposition, quickly. They also want to understand what you are doing to nurture your value proposition.

What you need to present this information is an Intellectual Capital Report. It is the best way of communicating your value proposition to investors.

ICValue™ is a comprehensive framework developed by Attainix Consulting for discovering and defining the Intellectual Capital of any business in a three phased manner. This framework uses more than 600 standard pre-defined indicators and as many custom indicators as are relevant to your business. These indicators are assessed for strategic relevance using five rigid tests. Those that make the cut are refined and mapped to your core competencies. These core competencies are valued using algorithms developed by Attainix Consulting and are presented in an Intellectual Capital Report that can be used for both internal and external circulation.

Seekers of Growth Capital can use an IC Report to communicate the drivers of their growth to their investors. These drivers can also be used by the firm to assess areas of future investment. What's more, a valuation of the Intellectual Capital also provides a benchmark on the amount of growth capital funding to expect.