OUR APPROACH
Welcome to BDC.
At Bus Dev Centre (BDC), we specialize in guiding executives and business leaders through the complex landscape of intellectual property (IP) management and exploitation. Our team brings decades of experience advising C-suite clients across a wide range of industries from biotech and financial services to technology, manufacturing, and beyond. We deliver strategic IP solutions that are precise, actionable, and built around your business objectives.
Unlike generalist firms, we focus exclusively on individuals or companies with intellectual property. This depth of expertise allows us to create targeted strategies that not only protect your IP assets but also align with your broader business goals and drive measurable value.
Whether you’re looking to safeguard proprietary innovations or unlock new opportunities from your IP portfolio, our consultants are ready to assess your priorities and design a customized roadmap. In today’s competitive economy, protecting your intellectual property isn’t just a precaution, it’s a business imperative. Let BDC help ensure your innovations are protected, patented, defended, and positioned for long-term success.
Our Mission:
Help business leaders protect ideas, structure for growth, and seize opportunity.
THE CHALLENGE
Brilliant Ideas Deserve Better Odds.
An enterprise develops potentially disruptive bespoke intellectual property and/or trade secrets. The inventors, their backers, and their C-suite team need focused, professional, efficient, cost-effective, multidisciplinary counsel to secure their IP, leverage it, exploit it, and, if necessary, defend it.
An Unfortunate Truth
Business enterprises with incredible upside potential and unique, promising intellectual property frequently underperform or fail outright. You see it, and we experience it firsthand. Aspiring business owners and entrepreneurs watch their dreams turn into nightmares after investing so much time and money to bring their vision to market, hoping for a favorable response. The capital that gave birth to the “baby” is lost, leaving the inventor and team to seek other positions. The bespoke, disruptive creation with so much promise is stillborn.
Questions Must Be Answered:
Where?
When?
With Whom?
At What Cost?
At What Price Point?
In Which Jurisdictions?
With Which Customers?
With What Corporate Structure?
With What Go to Market Scheme?
THE SOLUTION
Get the right people, with tested focused experience and the right knowledge, in the circle with the founding team members to design the “enterprise” go-to-market plan. Leverage the knowledge.
WHAT WE DO
Think of Us as Your Force
Multiplier.
At BDC, we specialize in one thing: bringing the right experts into the room to realize a necessary result. After conducting a focused analysis of your business’s needs, goals, and trajectory, we connect you with experienced, ethical professionals who can help you move forward with clarity. These aren’t surface-level referrals, they’re precision matches based on what’s needed now to protect your interests and build for what’s next.
We understand that every business is different and so are the challenges standing in its way. That’s why we take the time to listen, assess, and curate your next steps. You can rely on us to cut through the noise, surface only what’s relevant and timely, and guide you toward trusted solutions with confidence and discretion.
CURATED SERVICES
We're Masters of the Match.
We work with founders, executives, and leadership teams across industries and stages of growth ready to commercially exploit intellectual property. While every business is unique, we’ve found that certain challenges consistently stand in the way of successful execution, especially when it comes to protecting, structuring, scaling, and monetizing high-potential ideas.
That’s why we concentrate our Collaborative Network on a select set of high-impact service areas. These are the pressure points where clarity, counsel, and precision matter most and where the right expertise can drive transformational outcomes. Our focus is deliberate, based on where we’ve seen the greatest need and the greatest potential return for our clients.
R&D Tax Credits
Qualification & Defense under IRC §41.
Cost Segregation Studies
Commercial Property & Facility Cost Recovery Qualification & Defense under IRC §41.
Tax Controversy
IRS Examination, Audit Defense & Strategy.
Inventor Representation
Royalty Agreement Negotiation, Memorialization, & Deal Structuring.
Tax Efficiency
Proactive Structuring for Effective, Efficient Tax Outcomes.
Licensing
National, International Licensing
Strategy, Documentation, & Regulatory Compliance.
Cost Segregation Studies
Commercial Property & Facility Cost Recovery Qualification & Defense under IRC §41.
Intellectual Property
IP Writing, National and International Filing, Examination and Defense.
Mergers & Acquisitions
(Acquirer-Only)
Negotiation, Letters of Intent, Due Diligence, Securities Design, 368 Structures, & Acquisition Documentation.
Corporate Compliance
Memorialization, Compliance, Governance, Employee, Director, & Advisory Board Agreements.
Tax Controversy
IRS Examination, Audit Defense & Strategy.
Financial Architecture
Corporate Structure, Securities Design, Jurisdiction Strategy, Stakeholder and Shareholder Securities Design.
Company Valuation Optimization
Balance Sheet Strategy, & Enterprise Value Focus.
Funding Round Advisory
Defining the Need, the Terms and Conditions, Assist in Creating the “Company Book," and Pre-Qualification of Capital Sources
WHO WE SERVE
Two Paths.
One End Goal.
We serve two primary groups: business leaders seeking expert guidance, and professionals looking to expand their client offerings. We connect you with the right professionals to help you reach your end goal. In every case, our focus is on bringing clarity, strategy, and real execution to the table.
For Businesses & Leaders.
If you’re leading a growing business and need expert insight, we help you identify opportunities, diagnose weak points, and shape a strategic path forward. Through our vetted Collaborative Network, we connect you with seasoned professionals who bring executional experience with implementable capacity, not just advice. Whether it’s IP strategy, tax structure, valuation, or go-to-market execution we’ll match you with the right minds to move your vision forward.
For Those Who Advise Others.
If you’re a CPA, financial advisor, consultant, deal advisor, or legal professional, you understand the risk of referring your clients to the wrong provider. We protect your reputation while enhancing your client relationships. It begins with us helping you identify the best course of action for your clients’ needs and connecting them only with vetted, proven professionals from our network.
HOW IT WORKS
Turn Vision Into Action.
We begin with a focused discussion to understand your goals, challenges, and the potential of your business enterprise and your IP.
Our internal team evaluates your strategic, legal, financial and market landscape to identify where and when expert support is needed most.
We connect you with the right professionals in our vetted Collaborative Network, those with proven, relevant experience.
Once aligned, we help facilitate engagement, stay in the loop, and remain available as a long-term strategic sounding board.
WHY CHOOSE BDC?
Expertise Without
the Extra Noise.
Our approach is different, intentionally. While others push services, we take the time to listen, to evaluate, and to analyze. We collaborate closely with you to understand your goals, your pressure points, and your long-term vision. Then we connect you with only the most qualified, proven professionals in our network, people we trust, because we’ve worked with them. High-value connections, built for the long haul.
Collaborative by Nature.
We connect you with the right professional to make it happen.
Trusted Experts. Real Experience.
Every professional in our network is carefully selected for their proven track record in complex, high-value work.
Built for Long-Term Value.
We’re not here only for quick wins. We build enduring relationships that help guide your business through pivotal decisions, from formation to funding to execution and beyond.
FAQS
Top Questions We Receive.
We serve businesses and leaders of all sizes ranging from small startups to well-established companies across a wide variety of industries. Every prospective client comes with unique needs. After an initial review, we either execute a tailored engagement agreement outlining specific scopes of work delivered by professionals within our Collaborative Network, or, if the need is limited to a single discipline, we make a direct referral to a trusted specialist.
In general, we accept clients who have validated the efficacy of their proprietary product, process, or intellectual property typically through third-party feedback or testing and are ready to build, fund, and execute a go-to-market plan. The first step is signing a mutual NDA and completing a detailed intake questionnaire for review.
We begin with a strategic “forensic” intake to understand your story, goals, and offering. Our team then conducts independent due diligence to assess your market opportunity and the current competitive landscape. If we determine there is compelling potential for a profitable launch, we co-develop a step-by-step go-to-market plan outlining necessary disciplines, resources, and budget expectations. At that point, we decide together whether to move forward.
Fees vary depending on the scope and complexity of services required. In all cases, a customized engagement agreement with a clearly defined scope(s) of work tailored to your needs is outlined and priced transparently. Every professional in our network follows this discipline. No surprises.
CONTACT US
Explore What the BDC Collaboration Network Can Do For You.
We’re here to listen, answer your questions, and explore how we can support your business goals.
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