About HM Consulting
Our work
Hathway Management Consulting (HMC) is a BC registered company serving Canadian and international clients since 2013.
Our focus has always been to help small business during start-up and early execution phases.
HMC specializes in business planning and data analysis. The first is about empowering owners to launch or grow their business by creating a dynamic, action-focused plan. The second is about harnessing data and additional research for reporting and business decisions.
We work in all industry sectors and have specific skills and capabilities in technology and services. Examples of other industries include manufacturing, agriculture and construction.
We or I?
The majority of our work is delivered by the Principal Consultant, Dan Hathway. However, many projects involve external collaborators and sub-contractors - hence the "we"!
Manage failure to succeed
I strongly believe that failure is a natural and frequent element of entrepreneurship. None of us want to fail in our ventures but the most successful entrepreneurs reduce the cost and frequency of failure by doing the critical business planning as early as possible. And that means repeated market validation and testing. Our templates will help you conduct the critical conversations and activities with potential customers early. Gut feelings and projections only go so far - investors and lenders want to see proof!
Value offered
As a small business, we understand many of the needs of small businesses.
Every project we do is focused on providing exceptional customer value. We take time to get to know our clients to ensure that each businesss plan or project is directly linked to business owner success.
What this means in practice is:
- doing thorough but only necessary research
- providing answers to fundamental questions
- reducing complexity, wherever possible
- ensuring the business owner fully understands what we deliver
Our own value proposition
HMC is for small business owners who want a focused and action-oriented business plan that improves their chances of success. Unlike many other business planning services, HMC creates non-templated plans with up-to-date insights and know-how, and delivers them quickly and efficiently.
We're also for small businesses that generate data but don't get the quality insights that are needed. Our easy-to-use analytical and modeling tools provide tools that identify problems, opportunities and diagnostics automatically.
About Dan Hathway, Principal Consultant
For the majority of my career, I've worked in, for or as owner of a small-to-medium sized business.
I'm genuinely motivated by the stories, opportunities and challenges of small businesses and their owners.
And I'm thrilled, when clients tell me how our collaboration results in success!
Data points:
- UK National, Canadian citizen, based in North Vancouver, BC.
- MBA and Computer Science degrees
- Mentored over 100 entrepreneurs with advisory and business planning
- Have run 2 enterprises and been a board member and COO on another
- Have worked for several small-to-medium sized enterprises, as well as GEC (UK) and IBM in my earlier career
- Experience with sales, marketing, operations and finance functions in SMEs.