Eagle Ventures provides its clients with three basic types of services: fundraising coaching, strategic business advice and equity fundraising.

The first, fundraising coaching, is based upon the 35 years of experience of Eagle's principal, Mel Pirchesky. Along with his many years of reviewing and structuring deals, Mel has personally raised over $45 million of equity solely from high net worth individuals.

Eagle closely works with its clients in helping them articulate their value proposition. Mel takes a continual improvement process approach. This involves as many as ten or twenty iterations of their written executive summary, along with dozens of modifications to the oral articulation of their opportunity. Mel's approach is to initially have new clients send him a written copy of their business plan summary, which serves as the first of several iterations. The final iteration of his client’s value proposition occurs when the last dollar of equity is raised. Eagle charges a flat retainer for this service, paid for with both stock in the client’s venture and with cash.

Mel also provides his clients with both strategic business advice and with related recommendations on tactical implementation. Without effective execution, the best strategic advice is useless.

The third service Eagle provides its clients applies in those situations where Mel’s consulting work results in him "falling in love" with the opportunity. If and when that occurs, Mel will take on an engagement to raise equity. The fee for this service is usually contingent on the results, and again, paid for with both stock in the venture and with cash.

Eagle’s focus is on smaller companies, generally at earlier stages of their development, or, at times, when later-stage companies are looking to expand. Mel looks for smaller companies that have extraordinary entrepreneurial opportunities, particularly companies that are, or might become, manufacturing companies in niches that Mel or his partners are familiar with.

Mel's clients are concentrated in the Pittsburgh area with some in the Pittsburgh-to-Erie corridor of western Pennsylvania/eastern Ohio.