Innovation Consulting Sessions

Krishnan Naganathan

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Innovation Consulting Sessions
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₹25,000₹30,000
90 mins

This is not mentorship.

This is hands-on strategic consulting designed to unlock the full commercial potential of your innovation.


In this 90-minute deep-dive, we will:

  1. Map your innovation’s current stage using the Nine Stages Diagnostic™
  2. Identify the top blockers across desirability, feasibility, viability & scalability
  3. Assess business model defensibility using the Innovation Rent Framework™
  4. Review product-, customer-, and market-readiness gaps
  5. Prioritise uncertainties using decision analytics and risk matrices
  6. Strengthen your investor and commercialisation narrative


You choose the focus — such as:

  1. Customer discovery strategy
  2. TRL → pilot → commercialization roadmap
  3. Unit economics, pricing & margin modelling
  4. GTM and distribution pathways
  5. Scenario-based growth planning
  6. Investor pitch storyline + valuation logic


We will work live on your slides, model, or roadmap so you leave with real progress, not just advice.


Your Deliverables

We will solve specific innovation challenges that you choose


This session is designed to deliver momentum, not discussion.


Who This Is For

Founders who are:

  1. Preparing for a pilot, market entry, or fundraising
  2. Stuck in the Valley of Death with no clear next step
  3. Unsure whether their innovation can scale profitably
  4. Ready to move beyond theory into execution clarity
  5. Looking for a fractional CINO to sharpen strategy


If you need clarity, direction, and a defendable plan, this is your fastest step forward.


Why Work With Krishnan Naganathan


Innovation is not about ideas — it is about building a business engine that captures value.

I help founders go beyond features and storytelling and focus on what truly matters: Innovation Rent. The financial surplus that only innovators can earn when their advantage lasts longer than imitation.


I bring:

  1. 25+ years of experience in innovation strategy, design thinking & commercialisation
  2. Leadership roles across industry — Ford, McKinsey, Valcon, Castrol, FLSmidth
  3. Founder of Innovation Gurukul & Think Horizon Consulting
  4. Teaching Innovation and Design Thinking at top B Schools such as Great Lakes of Institute, Chennai
  5. Experience with innovation consulting at Indian organisations such as Tata Group, Thermax, CavinKare, RPG Raychem, etc. and globally for governments and private organisations
  6. A proven IP-backed innovation system: Innovation GPS™, Nine Stages of Innovation™ and Innovation Rent Valuation Framework™


My work has improved:

  1. Desirability → sharper problem-solution fit
  2. Feasibility → robust technical & ecosystem readiness
  3. Viability → defendable business model & valuation
  4. Investor interest → confident fundraising & scaling


If you want to cut uncertainty, accelerate adoption, and earn durable innovation rent, then I can help you build a roadmap that investors respect and customers embrace.


Let’s turn your innovation into a growth engine.

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