Growth Support and International Strategy in Dundee
At Northstar Consulting UK, we provide practical commercial guidance to established SMEs, growing businesses, academic spin-outs and independent founders across Dundee and Tayside.
Our work spans strategic business planning, product commercialisation, internationalisation and market entry, pricing strategy, branding and reputation management, and bespoke market research by sector, industry and country.
We work as an external strategic resource — offering market intelligence, commercial direction and route-to-market planning grounded in evidence rather than generic advice. Whether you’re refining a proposition, entering a new market, or weighing an export opportunity, we help you make those decisions with structure and confidence.
Dundee is a city where technical and creative talent runs deep, and where founders are turning that talent into real ventures. We help them commercialise without compromising the distinctiveness that makes their work valuable.
What We Offer in Dundee
- 1:1 Strategy Sessions
- Commercialisation Frameworks — from proposition development to go-to-market and pricing
- Internationalisation & Market Entry planning, including Asian markets
- Market Opportunity Analysis and commercial due diligence
- Guidance for founders, management teams and knowledge-exchange offices
Who we work with in Dundee
- Established SMEs evaluating new products, markets or export opportunities
- Design, digital and creative businesses
- Academics and researchers, particularly in law and social sciences, with commercially relevant work
- Artisan makers, jewellers, and bespoke product creators
- Freelancers, consultants and independent founders
- Businesses preparing for investment or scale
Where a project shows clear potential to scale, we may also consider supporting it through investment in exchange for equity. We partner with a select number of founders to help develop strong ideas into viable ventures.
Ready to start? Book a meeting with our team today.
We are always looking for collaborations!
We are always happy to expand our network of researchers and foster new collaborations.
Dundee’s research base is a real asset to the businesses around it, and we welcome contact from academics and researchers whose work has commercial and cross-border relevance.
Two areas are of particular interest to our clients and us:
- Legal research, especially intellectual property and international commercial and shipping law. For SMEs licensing a product, protecting a design, or moving goods into Asian markets, this expertise informs practical questions of IP protection, contracts and trade routes — and we’d value the chance to work with researchers in this field.
- Social sciences and area studies, particularly the cultural and business dynamics of markets such as China and Vietnam. Successful market entry in the region depends on more than logistics; it depends on understanding local expectations, relationships and cultural context, and academic insight here can make a real difference to how our clients approach these markets.
If your research focuses on any of these areas, we’d be glad to hear from you.
Get in touch to start a conversation or select a slot to set up a meeting with our team.
See how we might work together, whether through collaboration or knowledge exchange. And if you have a piece you think would suit our news outlet, The Pulse, we’d be pleased to hear from you.