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Why Araneae?

Should I Choose a Large Firm or Boutique?

There are pros and cons to both.  If you have an initiative requiring significant manpower across a very wide array of skillsets (for example, HR, finance, and operations), a larger firm may be right for you. Or, you may want a name brand associated with your initiative, especially if it means getting the support of investors, executives, or shareholders to support spending on a consulting engagement.. However, there are times when working with an individual consultant confers significant advantage.

Large Firm

Pros

  • Breadth of capabilities due to size of team

  • Name brand recognition for your stakeholders like investors or shareholders

  • Deep subject matter expertise in specific areas of focus (e.g. finance, HR, etc.)

Cons

  • Narrowly focused individual contributors don't see the big picture

  • Formulaic approach to problem solving may miss important nuance and sources of problems

  • Expensive – paying for layers of management, branding and marketing teams, as well as the actual work

Araneae Consulting

Pros

  • Cross-functional experience enables identifying patterns and connections that narrowly focused experts at other companies may not

  • Bespoke approach to projects is crafted to the structure and dynamics of each organization

  • Robust network of subject matter experts that can be pulled in as needed, all under the Araneae Consulting umbrella

  • Cost-effective business model (no paying for layers of management oversight, additional experts engaged only on-demand)

​Cons

  • Limited brand recognition that other firms may have

  • Araneae Consultant Network resources may not be readily available to build a large cross-functional team

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