One person by your side. An ecosystem at your service.
BigBlueTeam chooses to support a small number of selected SME and startup entrepreneurs through a new professional figure, the Business Nudger: CEOs, general managers and former entrepreneurs with long experience in the SME world, a distinctive specialisation and a shared training background.
Alongside them works an ecosystem of managers, professionals, specialist companies, partners and investors, able to activate expertise, technology and capital whenever they are needed. Business Nudging is our way of turning experience, vision and relationships into action.
4
Business Nudgers
100+
Years of experience
12 +
Entrepreneurs & businesses
18 +
People & companies in the ecosystem
Business in motion
Business never stands still
Change has become the norm. Every business goes through moments that can shape its future: some planned, others sudden. These are moments that test the entrepreneur and the organisation, but they can also open up new opportunities.
Generational transitions
Crises
Growth opportunities
Technology & AI
People & Organisation
Extraordinary transactions & M&A
Big challenges. New opportunities.
Why
Better businesses create more opportunities for people.
We believe in business as a means of creating value, innovation and opportunity.
Because behind every business there are people. People who imagine, take risks, work, grow, and contribute their experience and talent.
Helping a business become better means creating new opportunities for:
Entrepreneurs - to turn a vision into reality.
Employees and collaborators - to grow together with the business.
Managers and professionals - to put their experience and skills to work on new challenges.
Talent of all ages - to find room, responsibility and new opportunities.
Communities and regions - because better businesses help build stronger economies and communities.
Where we stand
Alongside entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized businesses and startups
We have made a clear choice: to work with entrepreneurs and their businesses.
Speed and innovation
SMEs and startups have agility, a capacity to innovate and closeness to people. They cannot — and should not — have in-house all the skills needed to face every stage of their development.
A different model
An SME or a startup is not a large company in miniature. It has its own dynamics and a direct relationship with the entrepreneur: it calls for a closer, more flexible model, able to activate skills when they are needed.
A major role in the future
We believe that in the age of artificial intelligence SMEs can play a key role in the future of the country. Helping them seize the new opportunities offered by technology & AI means helping to build stronger businesses, jobs and new prospects for people.
Not every company needs to become big. Some can simply be excellent.
What we offer
We help businesses build their own future
We support entrepreneurs, SMEs and startups when business changes, accelerates or calls for new choices. We start from the real needs of the business and activate skills, projects and resources to turn challenges into new opportunities.
BusinessNudging
Business Nudging is our way of standing alongside the entrepreneur through times of change, growth and discontinuity. Ongoing support, both strategic and hands-on, built on trust and on a deep knowledge of the business. The Business Nudger helps the entrepreneur read situations, focus on priorities, make decisions and turn them into concrete actions. The goal is simple: to turn change into growth, value and new opportunities.
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Value creation projects
We turn the needs and opportunities of the business into concrete growth and innovation projects. Strategy, organisation, people, technology, marketing and business development become workstreams with clear objectives and measurable results. We build the best-suited team, bringing in specialist skills from the BigBlueTeam ecosystem when needed.
Ongoing and/or on-demand services
Some skills are needed over time, but they do not always have to be permanently in-house. We provide managers, professionals and specialist teams through flexible, ongoing arrangements: top-level expertise, sized to the company's real needs and able to integrate with the existing organisation.
Extraordinary transactions
Acquisitions, disposals, the entry of investors, capital raising, generational transitions and other extraordinary transactions can profoundly change the future of a business. We accompany the entrepreneur throughout the process, from assessing the alternatives to completing the transaction, activating financial, industrial and specialist expertise while always keeping the focus on creating value for the business and for the entrepreneur.
Every moment calls for different answers!
How we do it
We don't need to know how to do everything.We need to know who and what to activate at the right time
People
People. Teams. Partnership.
Technology
Technology and AI to amplify the value of people.
Capital
The right capital, when it's needed.
Our model
An ecosystem serving SME and startup entrepreneurs
We believe that no business can have in-house all the skills, experience and relationships needed to face every stage of its journey. That is why BigBlueTeam builds and develops an open ecosystem of entrepreneurs, managers, professionals, young talent, companies and partners, selected over time on the basis of expertise, experience, trust and shared values. Not just a network of contacts, but a network to be activated. Depending on the needs of the business, we connect the most suitable people and organisations, building teams and collaborations around concrete challenges, projects and goals. Value comes from connections.
Who we are
A close-knit group of people who enjoy working together
Managers, professionals, former entrepreneurs, former startup founders and young talent with experience and passion for the world of SMEs and startups, united by shared values and goals.
References
A small number of selected entrepreneurs and businesses
Direct investments in SMEs and fractional executive roles — Riccardo Lucio Agostini
We also invest in the businesses we help grow, sharing their journey and the value they create. In the Spaggiari Parma Group, direct investment goes hand in hand with executive roles in the various companies.
Direct investments in startups as Angel Investor | BusinessNudger
We also invest directly in high-potential small businesses and/or startups, supporting their growth through Business Nudging and the entire BigBlueTeam ecosystem. SmartProjectConsulting, our first investment, is a significant example of this shared-growth model.
Direct clients with a BusinessNudger role and more
We also support entrepreneurs and businesses without investing directly, through Business Nudging and specialist expertise. When needed, we activate people, services and opportunities from the entire BigBlueTeam ecosystem.
Indirect investments in SMEs through search funds
We have started a collaboration in the world of Search Funds to invest in solid SMEs at particular moments in their life. A model particularly suited to supporting generational transitions and business continuity, combining capital, expertise and support for growth. We are about to finalise our first investments ...
Indirect investments in startups (IAG | VC funds | VC funds of funds)
We take part in Business Angel networks that give us access to selected opportunities in which to invest directly. We also invest in international VC funds and in vehicles that give us access to the best American and global Venture Capital firms.
Let's talk
Every entrepreneur has a different story, vision and set of challenges. We start with a conversation to get to know each other, understand the moment your business is going through and work out together whether and how we can help.