Strategy = brief + assumptions
Every strategy engagement ships a one-page brief and a list of explicit assumptions that the partner can interrogate.
— 01 / Culture
How we work.
Four values, six mascots, one operating system. Eight business lines move in the same direction because the values behind them move in the same direction.
A small firm, with a wide operating system.
HK BALENTRAE is a Hong Kong–registered consulting and product firm. We are small by design: the partners stay on the work, the team is the same team year over year, and the operating system behind the eight service lines is the one we use ourselves.
Our work is editorial in spirit. We write the brief, we build the assets, we run the ops loop, and we ship the apps. The same people who scope the engagement also ship the operating system behind it.
Curiosity, craft, capital, candour.
The four values that govern every engagement.
01
Curiosity
We ask the second question. We don't sell the answer we already have — we find the one the engagement actually needs.
02
Craft
The brief, the model, the deck, the app — every artefact is shipped to a standard the partner can re-use after we're gone.
03
Capital discipline
Treat the partner's capital like our own. Every recommendation is paired with the cost of being wrong and the cost of being late.
04
Candour
We tell the partner what they need to hear, not what they want to hear — and we say it before the deadline, not after.
Eight services, one shared loop.
Each service line plugs into the same loop. The handoffs are short, the artefacts are reusable, and the apps capture the work so the next quarter starts from where this one ended.
Consulting = KPI + PMO
Every consulting engagement ships a KPI tree and a PMO ritual the partner team can run themselves.
Brand = positioning + GTM
Every brand engagement ships a positioning statement and a GTM plan the partner team can re-use for the next product launch.
Investment = model + diligence
Every investment engagement ships a financial model and a diligence log the partner can re-use on the next round.
Exhibitions = story + ops
Every exhibition engagement ships a story spine, a booth layout, and an ops run-sheet the partner can re-use next year.
Supply chain = audit + rebuild
Every supply chain engagement ships a vendor audit and a rebuild plan the partner can iterate on after the engagement.
Six faces for six values.
Each mascot carries a value. You'll see them across the site — on dividers, in 404s, in the footer. They keep the work warm.
— 06 / Where we work
Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong.
We're a small team based in Kowloon. The office is set up for consulting by appointment only — no walk-ins. Most of our work happens on the partner's site, online, or at the trade show we're running.
Room 1011, 10/F, The Cloud,
111 Tung Chau Street, Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
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Same values, on the work
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