Do you always talk about starting your own business but don't know where to begin?
If you disappeared for thirty days, would the business still run?
Do you know what your payment processor actually charges you, all in?
Are you the owner of this business — or its most expensive employee?
Does your bank know your name, or just your account number?
Bringing a company into the U.S. — or already here and still guessing how it works?
If more than one of those gave you pause, the problem isn’t effort. It’s structure.
You didn’t start a business to work inside it forever. Structural problems can be fixed — but not by working harder at them.
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Executive Business Strategy Consultation
A 1-hour strategy call designed to bring clarity, intelligent focus, and actionable direction for your business or financial operations.
What Changes
Where the money is hiding
A line-by-line audit of what you actually earn and what you actually spend. Merchant fees, vendor terms, pricing that hasn’t moved since you opened. Most owners find money in the first thirty days.
Banking and payments, renegotiated
Your processor is a negotiation, not a fact. Your bank should be a relationship with a person who can approve things. I know how that side works because I ran it.
An operation that runs without you
Your new business, contracts, scope documents, invoicing, CRM, P&L, KPI, bookkeeping, process. The difference between a business that lives in your head and one you could sell.
I’ve been on both sides of the desk
Fourteen years at Banco Bradesco, much of it as general manager. Three years at HSBC. I’ve sat in the chair where the decision gets made. I know what the analyst is actually reading, why files get declined, and why almost no owner is ever told the real reason.
Then I stopped advising and started operating. I built a beauty salon and spa in Los Angeles from nothing — profitable in month two, full investment back in nine months, sold through escrow. I’ve made payroll. I’ve argued with a landlord. I’ve read a merchant statement and found money I’d been giving away for a year.
That combination is the whole point. Bankers don’t know what it costs to run a shop. Operators don’t know how a bank thinks. I’ve done both, and the work I do sits exactly where they meet.
— Vinícius Menegasso, Founder
Case Work
Built one myself: Beauty salon and spa, Los Angeles. Concept to escrow. Profitable in the second month, investment recovered in nine, sold as a going concern.
Rebuilt Others: Los Angeles portfolio — med spas, salons, galleries, restaurants, construction. Found the bottlenecks, cut the cost, built the brand and booking systems, fixed the payment processing, opened the doors to capital.
Built a sales engine from zero: Construction company, South Florida. Full contract and documentation structure. Then the commercial side: CRM implemented, invoicing systematized, and a 94-lead qualified pipeline built by walking into 70+ multifamily properties and HOAs across Broward County.
Trusted with a market entry: Brazilian hotel group, 35 years, entering the U.S. Ravenna serves as operating partner on the American structure — holding, joint venture, legal foundation, foreign investment. In progress.
Client Feedback and Results
Ravenna Group transformed my business approach. Their expert guidance and personalized strategies made a remarkable difference. Highly recommend for anyone seeking growth and clarity!
Fernanda - Escape Day Spa - California
Ravenna has been instrumental in my personal and professional growth in the U.S. Their tailored approach to setting up my new business here — and the strategy sessions along the way — helped me hit my goals with real confidence and save a significant amount of money. A genuinely transformative experience for anyone ready to evolve.
Gustavo - Menegazzo Enterprises - Florida
Ravenna Group exceeded my expectations with their insightful and personalized approach for my restaurants chain and advising me with banks, lenders and documentations. Their expertise fostered both personal growth and business success. I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone looking to unlock their full potential.
Edu - owner of restaurant chain - California
Another quarter of the same, produces the same.
The leak doesn’t close on its own. The dependence doesn’t ease on its own. Twelve months from now, either the structure is different or you are twelve months more tired.
One conversation. Sixty minutes. Then you decide.
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