OVERVIEW

Mark Paulsmeier: Business experience - Clear thinking - Practical development - Global reach – Results driven – Ethical business practices

My international corporate consultancy, business development and mentorship is shaped by an international career beginning in 1990.

I bring a practical perspective to business: understand the opportunity - identify what is needed to make it work - and bring the right people and resources together.

My professional background spans transaction development, business models, entrepreneurial ventures and mentorship. Across these activities, my focus has been on creating opportunities with a clear purpose and a workable structure.

A promising opportunity needs more than enthusiasm. It needs a clear commercial purpose, an appropriate structure and people who understand their responsibilities.

Whether the starting point include, but are not limited to, establishing a new venture - an established business expansion – access to new global markets for services and products – contract facilitation & negotiation services – global project funding – corporate acquisitions – mergers and take overs - or a proposed collaboration & partnership facilitation and negotiation, the first task is to ask the right questions. What is the objective? What resources are available? What needs to change? What would a realistic next step look like?

 

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Areas of focus

Corporate and business development:

Clarifying opportunities, business models and routes to development.

 

Transaction preparation: 

Helping define the commercial proposition, the participants and the work required to move a proposal forward.

 

Entrepreneurial mentorship:

Sharing experience and practical guidance with people developing businesses and leadership responsibilities.

 

Philanthropy and opportunity 

Connecting a commitment to giving with education, enterprise and the development of people.

 

A personal commitment to responsible business:

My approach rests on integrity, clear commitments, respect for people and practical involvement. I value relationships in which expectations are understood and responsibility accompanies opportunity.

How I approach business

 

Understand before acting:

A useful recommendation starts with a clear understanding of the business, its circumstances and the people involved. My assignments always start by asking critical questions.

 

Connect the resources to the objective:

Capital, knowledge, relationships and market access each have a role. Their value depends on how they are brought together. That is what I specialize in.

Be clear about commitments:

Good working relationships require clarity about scope, responsibilities and expectations. This aspect is key in my assignments.

 

Develop people alongside businesses:

Mentorship and practical experience can strengthen a venture's prospects and the capabilities of those leading it. That is what I bring to an assignment.

 

Success with a purpose:

For me, professional achievement includes what a person enables others to do. Sharing experience, supporting entrepreneurship and contributing to philanthropic work have been recurring themes throughout my career. I value a private family life and the freedom to concentrate on work and relationships that have meaning. This is my legacy.