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Experienced guidance to navigate business issues & crisis.

@ HELP.VC

Our expertise is to deal with today's reality.

We map out options and then deliver (and execute) the plan
on how to get to where you want to be.

Start

Transform ideas into reality

Whether you want to build a company or spin out a new product or service, we will help you nurture your ideas, create and protect intellectual property, and lead the execution required to bring your ideas to life.

“Everyone comes up with new ideas. Some of us even come up with great ideas. Howard excels at seeing things clearly, communicating things as they are, mapping out the strategy of how to get where we need to, and then providing the leadership and guidance for achieving outstanding results.”

Build

Strategy is important, but it’s execution that counts.

Identifying and pursuing new markets requires recognizing the specific opportunities that lie at the intersection of consumer/customer needs, industry trends, and your ability to deliver with a sustainable business model – and the tactical strategy necessary for entering, executing and winning. We will help you focus on the prize and deliver with a passion that is contagious.

“Whether you want to transform an existing product or technology to solve a new set of problems for your current customers or you are looking to address the needs of an entirely new set of customers, Howard’s guidance is invaluable.”

Fix

Confront Crisis - Triumph Over Adversity

Someone has thrown a wrench into your best-laid plans. Now what? Face it, fight it and defeat it. We will work with you to deal with adversity, underperformance, distress, indiscretion or crisis by helping you understand where you are, where you want to go, how to get there and whom you need to bring with you.

“Howard doesn’t tell you what you want to hear, he tells you what you need to hear. He was introduced to me as “The Fixer” and that he is. I would highly recommend him to anyone that needs help in growing their business or dealing with tricky situations.”

Sell

Maximize EXIT Value.

Building business value is a systematic process – and it’s no small task to realize the strategic value from a business in today’s economy. Since value is in the eyes of the particular buyer, we will work with you to identify, capture and maximize your “value enhancers” to help maximize your exit.

“Every entrepreneur knows the importance of a business plan – a roadmap of where you are going and how you are going to get there. But just like any itinerary, the critical piece to the plan is the destination. In the case of our business, that destination was the sale. With Howard’s help, the best outcome for us came through careful planning and preparation – and following his sage advice.”

Howard H. Thaw

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Howard H. Thaw

About me

I’m brutally honest; undeniably passionate and incessantly persistent in all of my engagements - with the entrepreneurial and business know-how and know-why that only comes from doing it many times – and doing it successfully.

“Howard is one of those unique, skilled individuals who you would pick to lead you into battle, knowing that your back was covered whatever the situation."

Howard H. Thaw

When trust and experience matter

For over 25 years, people have entrusted their ideas, products, problems and businesses to me. And for over 25 years, I have guided them to success. Because of my knowledge, experience and wisdom, I can confidently and effectively help solve your challenging business problems and deliver results.

“Howard is a high-integrity, energetic leader known for his ability to take opportunities and challenges and turn them into results and successful outcomes in complex situations. As a serial entrepreneur and business consultant, Howard has diverse industry and functional expertise, with a tenacious commitment to driving sales, profit and market-share growth.”

Howard H. Thaw

Background

I have always been one to take the bull by the horns, choosing a path that could be considered a little out of the ordinary. While in high school, I studied computer science at night and learned to fly on weekends, which eventually led to my working as a commercial pilot and flying instructor to subsidize my University education. My post-graduate degree in medicine emerged out from studies and research at three universities in Sweden, where I later defended my thesis on “Free Radicals in Cellular Pathology” before joining an international pharmaceutical company as Director of Medical and Field Communications.

After getting radioactively rained on in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, my wife and I moved our family from Sweden to Canada where I chose to pursue my passion as an entrepreneur - applying the valuable knowledge, skills and experience I had gleaned in technology, science and medicine into building successful companies for myself and with others – and that’s exactly what I have been doing with pride, passion and perseverance for the past 25 years.

Howard H. Thaw

Experience

With an eclectic background, I bring my wide-ranging experience to the table for every project – and every challenge. I’ve built nine companies and fixed or rescued quite a number of others over the past 25 years. As the founder and visionary behind TCT-ThunderByte, we were the first anti-virus software company to integrate heuristic virus scanning, virus detection & infection notification into modern day e-mail, which lead to our acquisition by Authentex Software Corporation.

As one of the creative masterminds behind award-winning DataSafe encryption software, we were recognized by Windows magazine as the Encryption Product of the Year, leading to our acquisition by California-based NovaStor Corporation, later acquired by Mount 10.