Small Businesses

The core of my work is with small business owners. Working with me business owners significantly improve the performance of their businesses and improve their own personal business approaches and skills. The businesses range in size from 1 to 75 employees. 

Sampling of Clients
  • jam & jelly producer
  • web-based customer services
  • engineering services
  • pharma-medical research
  • web-based services
  • custom furniture
  • educational software
  • law firm
  • oil & gas development
  • encrypted communications apps
  • organic sustainable farm - vegetable & animal production
Typical Work with Small Businesses
  • marketing strategy
  • sales processes
  • web-based marketing, social media
  • business planning
  • financial modeling
  • raising capital/debt
  • operations - process improvement
  • partner/supplier strategy
  • product development
  • human resources, selection, development, pruning
  • focus, priorities, resource management
Company Results
  • improved sales & profits
  • better customer retention & higher conversion rate
  • develop & deploy your vision and strategy
  • solutions to nagging problems  
  • select, develop, & prune your employees
  • deploy process/systems approach 
Personal Results
  • know your numbers
  • manage the business by the numbers 
  • more comfortable management style
  • spend more time working ON the business instead of IN it
  • spend more time doings things you are good at
My Background
  • Co-founder software company
  • Fortune 500 - electronics - Augat Inc.
    • VP Marketing
    • Plant Manager
    • VP Customer Services
    • Product Manager
    • Engineer -
  • Consulting
    • lean manufacturing & supply chain
    • business coaching
    • Director public-private consulting services to small manufacturers
    • 12 years business coaching/management consulting to start-ups and small businesses

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