Our Story
Our Principles
We love working in the weeds alongside great people. That’s where we are happiest and most able to make the biggest impact.
We genuinely value the opportunity to help people. That’s how lasting relationships are formed.
We are mindful of the privilege to play a meaningful role in growing businesses and building thriving communities together.
We are a team of experts, each with a unique story and diverse background that enables us to be great at what we do together.
Our Business Consulting team consists of highly motivated, business-focused professionals starters who are driven by forward-looking sector approaches. Our competence groups and areas are insight-led and innovative.
We strongly believe in a multi-disciplinary approach and pay a lot of attention to bring together our business / sector expertise with the other Advisory competences as well as supporting the wide-ranging solutions.
Each of our competence groups and areas has also competence solution capability and drive sustainable value, financial and non-financial, for the C-suites of your organization.
Our deliverables are customer-centric, industry-focused journeys of transformation.
We drive business services through:
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distinguished leadership with shared responsibilities;
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clear focus on clients and sectors;
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high value people and capabilities, with attention to personal development;
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clear objectives, transparent and open communication.
Whether you’ve just started a new business or looking to take an established one to the next level, start-up consulting can help you scale, with confidence.
The Rises Team
A. Assani
Owner
Our Beliefs
We believe that a 90% startup failure rate is unacceptable. It’s not just a statistic; it’s people’s lives.
We believe that the leading cause of startup failure is solvable. More founders would find product-market fit and succeed if they were shown the path and empowered to do the work.
We believe in the value of hard work and systems. The era of move-fast-and-break-things is over.
We believe that slow is smooth and smooth is fast is a better approach. Great companies of enduring value are built on solid foundations.
We believe that traction speaks louder than words and pitch decks. The best people to raise money from are your customers.
We believe in growth and profitability. Venture capital should be an option, and not the only way to stay in business.
We believe that founders should not have to leave their communities to build great companies. Talent is now more distributed than ever and capital should meet founders where they are.
We believe the investment community can no longer ignore the ethical and moral issues that arise alongside its investment activities.
J. Manuel Cardoso
PartnerBusiness Consulting
I have a deep knowledge and extensive experience of Asset Management, Asset Transformation, and Sustainable Infrastructure in the private and public sector. Combined with Geo-analytics, Internet of Things, Data Management and Business Intelligence, this expertise enables me to be a frontrunner in the field of Digital Asset Management and Digital Transformation for Asset-intensive companies. Within ACSVL I am responsible for the launch and further development of the ACSVL Digital Asset Management Platform, which enables organizations to share and combine data to arrive at better, more objective, and data-driven decisions.
A Wanzambi
FOUNDER
Our Work Ethic
We go way beyond theory, advice, mentorship and Board seats.
We roll up our sleeves and actively get to work together solving your toughest sales challenges.
No detail is too small.
We are fully committed to the success of the founders, acceleratorsand investors who we are fortunate to serve in rising cities.
Think of us as a member of your team.