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Make the business case stronger.

Pitch decks, pricing, funding routes and founder support for aviation startups and selected growing businesses.

Pressure-test the idea → Fixed-scope work
Young startup team working together around a laptop and notes Pressure-test the business
Where founders get stuck

Good ideas still need a hard commercial look.

SQAIR Business is for founders who need a second set of eyes on the part investors, customers and partners will challenge next.

The deck explains the product, but not why anyone should care.

We tighten the story around the problem, buyer, market, business model, proof and ask.

The price is based on competitors or instinct.

We challenge the value, packaging, buyer logic and sales friction before the market does it for you.

You know you need funding, but not which route fits.

Equity, grants, debt, strategic partners and bootstrapping solve different problems. We map the trade-offs.

You need a second opinion without another long consulting project.

Bring the decision, numbers or deck. We will tell you what holds up, what does not and what we would change.

Fixed-scope offers

Buy an answer, not a block of consulting hours.

Clear scope, clear deliverable, clear next move. Longer work starts only when the problem actually needs it.

Most direct start

Pitch Deck Review

A commercially minded teardown before you put the deck in front of investors.

  • Full deck review
  • Story, market, model and ask challenged
  • Annotated feedback
  • Written priorities
  • Review call
Review my deck
Funding

Funding Route Review

Decide where to spend fundraising effort before losing months on the wrong route.

  • Funding options mapped
  • Readiness gaps
  • Grant / equity / debt logic
  • Practical next steps
Discuss funding
Commercial

Pricing & Offer Review

Pressure-test what you sell, how you package it and whether the buyer has a strong enough reason to pay.

  • Value proposition
  • Pricing logic
  • Packaging
  • Sales friction
Challenge the offer
What we challenge

Does the business case hold up?

SQAIR brings founder experience from building aviation software, developing offers, pricing, business development and working with customers in regulated aviation. We use that experience to test the commercial logic behind the idea.

01
Is the problem worth paying to solve?Interesting is not the same as urgent, painful or budget-worthy.
02
Does the offer make sense in ten seconds?If the buyer needs a long explanation, the sales process is already carrying too much weight.
03
Do the numbers support the story?Revenue, margin, acquisition cost, pricing and funding need to tell the same story as the deck.
04
What is the simplest route to proof?Before adding complexity, identify the fastest way to test whether customers will actually buy.
Who this is for

Aviation first. Good businesses welcome.

SQAIR's natural home is aviation and regulated markets. We also take selected founder assignments outside aviation when the problem fits the experience and the scope is clear.

Aviation startupsSaaS foundersService businesses SolopreneursEarly-stage foundersGrowing SMEs
Start with the blocker

What commercial decision is stuck?

Send the deck, pricing question, funding problem or business model. We will start with the decision you actually need to make.

Get it moving → Contact SQAIR