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O&#8217 Connor & Partners LLC will provide advice to companies that wish to make chemicals and energy using annually renewable feedstocks. We will assist our clients in achieving economic utilization of major biomass components as well as minor parts that can be used to create high-value special products. The main components of all forms biomass are cellulose (which is a long chain of simple sugars) and hemicellulose (which are the long chains of simple sugars).

Many chemicals we now make from petroleum were made once from sugar. Several of these are niche chemicals with small markets and high barriers to entry. Others are commodities whose manufacturing costs can be optimized by the economies-of-scale found in traditional refineries around the globe. It is vital to start with much lower feedstock costs to ensure that you can compete in today’s global market. Low-carbon lignocellulosic biomass can be more affordable than petroleum. Biomass has the same sugars that have been proven to work.

There are many products that cannot be made from biomass sugars. In industrial biotechnology, fermentation organisms have been developed that produce specific products with high selectivities. This is important in many pharmaceutical compounds, such as those made from racemic stereoisomers. If traditional feedstocks were not available to mimic these feats in biochemistry, they would be very expensive. Cargill Dow LLC’s polylactide-polymers are an example of industrial biology. They are made from fermenting sugars. Industrial biotech has been coined by industry observers as the “third wave of biotechnology.”

O&#8217, Connor & Partners LLC realizes that any new ventures in biorefining need technical excellence grounded in economic realities. We will serve as management consultants for those companies and individuals who intend to drive the bio-industrial revolution. The expected customer base includes emerging industrial-biotechnology firms, large existing chemical companies and utilities, and agricultural operations. Our goal is to assist our clients in realizing industrial at lower costs and/or faster than they could achieve on their own. With our assistance our clients will also achieve sustainability from the perspective of the triple bottom lines – economic, environmental, and social responsibilities in all their business activities.

There are huge potential markets. Experts estimate that bio-refining could grow to a market of between $280 billion and $500 billion per year by 2013.

O&#8217’Connor & Partners LLC will be open in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will include Ryan O&#8217’Connor, the founding partner, one associate (to-be recruited) and one secretary. Figure 1 displays the projected sales, gross margins, and net profits for the three year period covered by this business plan. Start with an outside investment. The plan projects a modest loss over the three-year period as well as a healthy networth at the end. The firm should then be in a position to hire consultants to grow its business or to look into a buyout by a large consultancy.

1.1 Mission

O&#8217 Connor & Partners, the United States’ leading bio-refining consulting group, will provide technical and financial analysis of integrated biorefining project and activities. We will provide this service, while also adhering to our environmental, economic, and social responsibilities towards our clients, industry, as well as ourselves.

1.2 Objectives

We seek to establish the industry standard for technical and business excellence in the pursuit of visionary bio-refining platforms, according to customer-satisfaction and industry surveys. The following are key elements to achieve this objective:

• Unique consulting services that are clearly proven.
• Ability to manage confidentiality and intellectual-property issues among competitors.
• Professional relevance (stated-of-the art awareness) as well as knowledge growth in a rapidly expanding industry.
• Showing concern for the well-being of clients, which leads to repeat business and a positive reputation for our company.
• Retention of our own employees and partners.

Success Keys 1.3

• All consulting services are of professional quality
• Ability to manage confidentiality and intellectual-property issues among competitors