Smart Work is a Milan-based consultancy focused on Business Development. Smart Work supports companies to start up their business in Italy and Europe. Partners are experienced managers with a strong sales profile and well established trading links. Smart Work has developed business in many markets and in particular in the following: Information & Communication Technology, Media & Advertising , Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Business Services, Building Industry, Security Industry.

Smart Work shares the company's risk; in large part it is paid on a success fee basis.

A brief overview of its services:

Business Alliance: Smart Work finds and screens, business partners, distributors (national and regional), resellers, VARs, Selling agency in the Italian and European markets.

Business Services: Market analysis, market survey, business plan, promotional services (road-shows, meetings, trade-shows, telemarketing, database management).

Recruiting: Smart Work selects staff, particularly salesmen, sales managers, country managers.

Team Building: Smart Work sets-up and runs commercial sales teams in Italy.

New Branch Opening: Smart Work starts-up and develops, for a fixed term (from 6 months up to 2 years) a local branch in Italy.

NGP and Smart Work have an operating partnership (read press release>>) which provides to both companies deal-flow, assessment, strategic and execution capabilities, as well as local partners in North & Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.