What We Do
Strategy + Innovation Consulting
We work with leaders at companies, universities, and governmental entities to address challenges and unlock potential.
Our experience spans startups to global multinationals, universities to research institutions, the private sector and the public sector. We help you dream and capture ideas, clarify and prioritize, analyze and execute. Whether it's taking your company to the next level, energizing and harnessing innovators, or creating world-class innovation ecosystems, we get results.
The world is waiting to see what you do. Let's get results.
Strategy + Innovation
What if you combined experience investing in startups, researching innovation ecosystems, and coaching CEOs with decades of expertise in mid- and large-cap companies? You would have an intelligent sounding board, a prioritization and triage partner, and thorough analytical support for your leadership team.
What does that mean for you? Results.
Our Expertise
Trying to get to the next level in your growth trajectory? Check.
Struggling to prioritize an abundance of opportunities? Check.
Wanting more from your innovative ideas? Check.
Structuring a major international project? Check.
Expecting more from an innovation ecosystem? Check.
What does that mean for you? Results.
About Rio Bravo
A Boutique Approach
A Boutique Approach
A Boutique Approach
We used the big guys in strategy, accounting, and legal services. But we didn't get the attention we wanted, and the answers felt boilerplate.
We needed bespoke solutions, Partner-level insights, and advice backed by empathy. We expected intellectual and emotional sophistication.
So we created the firm we really wanted, the one we needed, the one that creates results.
Rio Bravo.
IQ + EQ
A Boutique Approach
A Boutique Approach
Your advisors need to be smart. That's not about a big ego, advanced degrees, or big words. Instead, it's a desire to learn and engage. It's a willingness to take in disparate and even conflicting ideas. It's an ability to dive into complexity and come up on the other side with... wisdom.
But smarts isn't enough. Emotional engagement, empathy, encouragement, sincerity, and honesty drive us.
We emphasize both IQ and EQ.
It gets results.
Innovation
A Boutique Approach
Innovation
Innovation is today's catch-word. It's exciting. Everybody wants it.
But what is it? What does it get us? How do we do it? Why bother?
We think differently about innovation. It's strategy and opportunity cost. It's the things you could do, the resources you could attract, the passion that could be unleashed, the way customers could see you.
Innovation begins with leadership and is driven by stakeholders.
They expect results.
Talk to Us
A Boutique Approach
Innovation
If you've already met us or heard about us, great. If not, that's ok. Regardless, let's get real about where you are headed.
It begins with a conversation, virtually or in-person. We will listen to you -- openly, confidentially, and without judgment.
Then we map out a plan.
We make the amorphous concrete.
We define objectives, timelines,
and deliverables.
We make it actionable.
And then we get results.