The A-Team is a business consulting firm based in Mumbai that works with startups and small-to-medium enterprises to help catalyze their growth. Led by founder Shrutin Shetty, who has an engineering and business background, the A-Team provides a range of consulting services including idea generation, strategy, market research, process improvement, and mentoring. Some past projects undertaken by the A-Team include preparing business plans and strategies for various clients across multiple industries and stages of business.

1. Striving to be the Growth Catalyst of Choice for SMEs
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2. About A-team Business Consulting
The A-Team is a Mumbai-based Business
Consulting firm that works with
enterprising people at businesses from
Ideation-stage to Small & Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) with the sole aim of
being their Growth Catalyst of Choice
What we do Who we are
An Ethical, Multi-role, Self-motivated,
and Detail-driven team of professionals
led by Shrutin Shetty
Action, Accountability, Transparency
and Strong Business Ethics form the
foundation of A-Team’s services
Focus area
The A-Team is extremely passionate about
working with SMEs, with the conviction
that this is where some of the best of ideas
are generated, the biggest changes &
challenges are faced, and most importantly,
where the greatest of companies are
designed & shaped
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Domain Expertise
Multi domain expertise across various
sectors like Business Consulting, Venture
Capital, Industrial Robotics,
Manufacturing, Business Process
Outsourcing, Metrology, the ERP space
and Restaurant businesses
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3. About the A-Team
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Shrutin - Founder, Consultant
B.E. (Computer Science),
MBA (Finance), and a
Certified Quality Improvement Associate
His team of External Consultants are skilled
professionals with rich experience across
Business Strategy & Consulting, Human
Resources & Information Technology
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Shrutin has worked on
VC investments worth INR 130 Cr.,
assessed 900+ businesses, and advised
several hundred promoters &
management teams
He headed western India Strategy,
Marketing & Service operations for TTPL,
a hi-tech manufacturing company with
Robot Automation & ERP Solutions
businesses

4. What the A-team offers you
Idea Generation
•New ideas from
business/
revenue
perspective –
identifying new
revenue streams,
products or
services, etc.
•Refining business
ideas
Strategy &
Consulting
•In-depth
assessment of
business
problems,
devising strategic
& innovative
roadmaps
•Willingness to
go—the-distance
with clients to
achieve
objectives
Market
Research
•Secondary
research to assess
industry
potential, market
size & growth
•Competitive
landscaping
•Assess
experiences/
expectations of
current/potential
customers
•Strategies to win
& retain clients
Process
Improvement
•Understanding &
improving
existing processes
•Simplifying
management
reporting
•Waste reduction,
improved cycle
times
Mentoring
•Empower
startups in areas
of business
strategy &
operations
VC Advisory
•Preparing
Business plans
•Assisting Angel
Investors &
Venture
Capitalists screen
investment
opportunities
•Business strategy
for VC portfolio
companies
Achieving Customer Delight through an end to end experience
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5. What the A-team has done so far (1 of 2)
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Worked closely with a
Global Incubator to
assess an investment
opportunity in the
mobile payments
business. Assessed the
business from a future
potential, competitive
environment, and
business strategy angle.
Advised the business
promoter, highlighting
critical areas &
recommending strategy
changes for a quicker
and effective roll-out
Prepared a
Strategy Road-map for
a 4-year old online
tutor service business
to significantly
simplify the business
process and enable
quicker scale up
Carried out an
extensive competitive
landscaping and
business strategy
assignment for an
angel investor who
was exploring an
investment
opportunity in a niche
technical training
industry
Carried out competitor
research and prepared a
strategy plan for rapid
scale-up of an early-
stage errand services
company; from
recommending a change
of name, to identifying
innovative allied services
that the company could
offer, and a tactical
rollout plan for rapid
rollout
Devised a strategy for
a long-term alliance
between a business
advisory firm and a
large financial
institution, including
creating a deck for
presentation to the
Chairman of the
Financial Institution
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Assisted a software
company in creating
a business plan to
seek Venture Capital
to fund a niche
manufacturing
sector that the
company planned to
make a foray into
Idea generation for a
crowd-funding
company, devised
new avenues and
service offerings for
quicker growth
An assignment
entailing
segmentation
support for a
Singapore-based
B2B branding
strategy consulting
firm & client
identification by
leveraging my
network
Briefly advised an
early-stage gaming
company with
regard to general
business strategy
and on raising of
venture capital
funding
Briefly mentored a
professional who
was in the process of
setting up a business
to improve quality of
services in the
Hospitality sector
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What the A-team has done so far (2 of 2)

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