OnGlobal Ventures
International expansion is a high-risk decision, made under new-market ambiguity and executed in an increasingly uncertain world.
We do the following:
We could call it advisory. Most people would understand the category, and much of what companies call advisory or change management already involves some form of education.But we think the distinction matters.Advice is usually an answer. Education is a way of thinking.That matters in international expansion because the answer is rarely transferable. What worked in one market may be directionally useful in another, but the assumptions underneath it still need to be tested again.So yes, we advise.But the useful part of the work is not telling companies what worked before. It is helping them understand what is different now, what they need to learn, and how to make better decisions in the market in front of them.That is why we have doubled down on education.Not training. Education.There’s a difference.
Execution: At some point, new market entry involves, well, moving into a new market. It's at that point that many choices are locked in, along with the risks. It is not quite a one-way door, but reversing course can be expensive. The current record is a half-billion-euro market-entry failure — about US$590m, C$830m, or R9.7bn.But away from public failures are the small- to medium-sized ones. They fail quietly and at a far greater cost.They stop trying.We execute, applying venture-building principles to de-risk your international expansion.Principles. That means they apply to every company.Everywhere.Ambitious, aren't we?
Exploration: This is the most difficult to explain. So let's use an analogy from our home country, Canada: an exploration geologist. Exploration geologists look for value in new territories.They are dropped (often by helicopter) into challenging terrain. Their job is to search for value, in the form of scarce natural resources, under the pressures of time and distance.Searching, testing — the old word is assaying — and uncovering value.We're exploration geologists.We explore broadly, test selectively, and invest only where the evidence justifies.
OnGlobal Ventures works with executives, entrepreneurs, and employees on international expansion.
OnGlobal Ventures © is a brand operating within the company Sojourner Assay B.V.
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We are jointly registered in the Netherlands and South Africa.South Africa:
Sojourner Assay Pty Ltd
Phone: +(27) (0) 213002741
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Phone: +31 (0)24 808 02 01
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OnGlobal Ventures © is a brand operating within the holding company of Sojourner Assay B.V.
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