Start or Grow a Business
Turn an idea into a practical plan—and build the systems to support it.
Consulting with Wine helps entrepreneurs and growing businesses evaluate opportunities, build realistic financial models, develop business plans, and create the operational structure needed to move forward with greater clarity.
Whether you are validating a new idea, preparing for a lender or investor, launching a business, or strengthening an existing company for its next stage of growth, the focus is on creating a workable plan backed by real numbers and practical systems.
Feasibility & Opportunity Analysis
Evaluate the business concept, market assumptions, startup requirements, financial considerations, and major risks before significant time or money is committed.
Launch Planning & Business Buildout
Turn the business plan into an actionable launch roadmap covering priorities, systems, responsibilities, financial processes, and the steps needed to begin operating.
What We Can Help With
Starting or growing a business requires more than a good idea. It takes realistic numbers, a workable plan, clear priorities, and systems that can support the business as it develops.
Business Plans
Develop practical business plans for internal planning, lenders, investors, partners, or other stakeholders, backed by realistic operating and financial assumptions.
Growth & Expansion Planning
Evaluate new locations, services, products, staffing needs, investments, or other growth opportunities before the business commits additional resources.
Financial Modeling & Projections
Build startup budgets, revenue and expense projections, cash-flow models, break-even analysis, and scenarios that help determine what the business will require financially.
Business Systems & Advisory
Build or strengthen the financial, operational, HR, and management systems needed to support the business as it grows.
Startup & Business Planning Options
Choose the level of support that fits where you are today. Services can stand alone or build on one another as the business moves from idea to launch.
Startup Feasibility & Planning Session
$500
A focused working session to evaluate the concept, key assumptions, startup requirements, major financial considerations, and the most practical next steps.
Best for: Someone with an idea who needs to determine whether it makes sense before investing heavily.
Standard Business Plan
Starting at $2,500
A comprehensive business plan covering the business model, operations, market positioning, management approach, financial assumptions, and implementation strategy.
Best for: Internal planning, partners, strategic planning, or businesses that need a formal operating roadmap.
Startup Roadmap
Starting at $1,500
A structured plan outlining the major steps, priorities, financial considerations, systems, and decisions required to move the business toward launch.
Best for: Entrepreneurs who know they want to move forward but need a clear path from idea to operation.
Investor or Lender Business Plan
Starting at $4,000
A more detailed plan designed for outside financing, including expanded financial projections, funding requirements, assumptions, risk considerations, and supporting analysis.
Typical engagements: $4,000–$7,500+ depending on complexity.
Best for: Bank financing, investors, major capital requests, or other situations where the plan will be reviewed externally.
Not sure which option fits? Start with a conversation and we’ll help determine the right level of planning support.
Build, Launch & Ongoing Advisory
A business plan is only useful if you can turn it into action.
Consulting with Wine can stay involved beyond the planning stage to build financial models, create operating systems, support launch implementation, and provide ongoing guidance as the business develops.
Support can be focused on one specific need or combine finance and operations into a more hands-on advisory engagement.
Startup Financial Modeling
$1,500–$5,000+
Detailed revenue, expense, cash-flow, break-even, funding, and scenario modeling based on the needs and complexity of the business.
Business Launch Buildout
Starting at $2,500
Hands-on support turning the plan into operating systems, financial processes, workflows, responsibilities, documentation, and launch priorities.
Typical engagements: $2,500–$10,000+
Complex buildouts may exceed $10,000.
Startup Advisory
Starting at $1,250/month
Ongoing guidance for owners who want an experienced sounding board as they make decisions, solve problems, and move through launch or early growth.
Finance & Operations Advisory
Starting at $2,500/month
More hands-on ongoing support combining financial oversight, planning, operational systems, reporting, and business decision support.
Growth & Expansion Planning
Growing can create just as much risk as starting.
Consulting with Wine helps established businesses evaluate growth opportunities before committing significant time, money, or resources.
The goal is to understand what the opportunity could require financially and operationally—and whether the business is actually ready to support it.
Growth Planning May Include
new location or market analysis
new product or service planning
staffing and capacity projections
revenue and expense modeling
cash-flow impact
break-even analysis
equipment or capital investment planning
organizational structure
process and system readiness
scenario and risk analysis
implementation priorities
growth roadmaps
Growth projects are scoped based on the opportunity, complexity, financial modeling required, and level of implementation support needed.