HQ Consulting — Capability Deck
HQ Consulting Advisory Services · Capability Brief
For Founders Entering Defense

From concept

to capital.

We turn business ideas into structured, fundable, operationally ready companies — with the strategy, structure, and investor-grade artifacts the room actually requires.

Plan · Execute · Resolve Veteran Owned & Operated
The Problem

Most ideas die in the gap between concept and capital.

You have the idea and the conviction. What investors, boards, and program offices buy is something else entirely — clean structure, a defensible plan, and numbers that survive due diligence. That's the gap. Closing it is the work.

What We Do

We pair strategic clarity with the concrete deliverables investors and boards actually require — from validated market analysis to a due-diligence-proof model.

01
Validate

Honest, evidence-based reads on feasibility and market viability — before you commit capital or time.

02
Structure

Entity, equity, governance, and operating design — built to stand up correctly the first time.

03
Capitalize

Strategic plans, business plans, and validated financial models that withstand investor due diligence.

Start Here · Tier 0

The Strategic
Diagnostic

A focused working session to diagnose where you are, what you actually need, and whether a larger engagement is the right next step — paid, structured, and useful even if we never work together again.

$1,500 Fully credited toward
any engagement
Pre-session brief
Questionnaire + review of materials you send ahead.
90-minute session
Diagnostic across concept, market, structure, readiness.
48-hour written follow-up
Findings, risks identified, and a recommended path forward.
The Engagement Ladder
Each tier includes everything before it.
1
Proof of Concept Assessment
Feasibility & market viability — go / adjust / kill.
1 week$5,000
2
Business Structure Plan
Entity, equity, governance & org design.
2 weeks$9,500
3
Strategic Plan & Roadmap
12–24 month roadmap, GTM & risk register.
4 weeks$25,000
4
Business Plan Build-Out
Investor-and-board-ready, 25–35 pages.
8 weeks$45,000
5
Financial Model Development
Validated, stress-tested, due-diligence-grade.
12 weeks$70,000
For Funded Companies

Retained engagements & à la carte deliverables.

Fractional C-Suite

Embedded CEO, COO, CFO, or CSO leadership without a full-time hire.

$12K–$18K / mo
6-month minimum
Strategic Board Advisor

A durable outside voice in the room for the decisions that matter most.

Quarterly retainer
Cash and/or equity
Investor Package

Deck, model, data room, one-pager & objection prep — one aligned system.

$25K–$40K
4–6 week engagement

À la carte for companies with validation in place — Standalone Business Plan $45K · Standalone Financial Model $70K. Flat-fee only; no success fees or percentage of raise.

Separate Service Line

Defense Trade &
ITAR Brokerage

A DDTC-Registered Broker with the U.S. Department of State, authorized under 22 CFR Part 129 to facilitate defense trade transactions between U.S. and foreign parties — distinct from the advisory packages, governed by its own compliance framework.

Registration
DDTC No. K-9838
Compliance
ITAR · EAR · OFAC
Structure
Per transaction
How We Work
Fixed-scope, fixed-fee. No hourly billing, no scope creep without a written change order.
50% to confirm, 50% on delivery. Two full review cycles in every tier.
Weekly written updates and scheduled working sessions throughout.
Mutual NDA before any material discovery; 30 days of post-delivery Q&A.
What We Won't Do
Rubber-stamp a concept that doesn't work.
Take success fees or a percentage of capital raised.
Execute the plan for you — the strategy is ours; the build is yours.
Provide legal, tax, or accounting advice.
Why HQ Consulting
Command discipline

Veteran-led. We bring the rigor of command-and-control to company building.

Due-diligence-grade

Benchmarked, stress-tested artifacts built to hold up under real scrutiny.

Defense-market fluent

DDTC-registered, fluent in the priorities and procurement of government customers.

“If the analysis says the idea is wrong, I'll tell you. That's the point.”

HQ Consulting

Book your
Strategic Diagnostic.

$1,500 · 90-minute session + written follow-up · credited toward any engagement.

Edward Fairchild info@hqccc.com +1 903.922.6526
Plan · Execute · Resolve DDTC Registered Broker · K-9838