Business consulting is an outside look at your whole business, and a plan you can act on. I look at how your marketing, sales, operations and money work today, find what is holding the business back, and help you fix it, step by step. I work in person from our Langley office across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, and online across Canada and the US.
How I work
No thick report that sits in a drawer. I look at your real numbers and how the work actually gets done, tell you plainly what I would change first, and then help you put it in place. Where it makes sense, I cut the busywork with automation and help you choose the right people and tools, so the business runs smoothly and turns a healthy profit.
What business consulting covers
Strategy and planning
Where the business is going over the next one to three years, which customers and services to focus on, and what to stop doing. You get a one-page plan with an owner and a date for every item, and we check it regularly so it stays alive.
Business plans for lenders and partners
A business plan and a month-by-month cash flow forecast you can defend in front of a bank, an investor or a partner. You are in the room while the numbers are built, so you can answer any question about them. For an existing business, the plan starts from your actual books.
Management, hiring and training
Who does what, who decides what, and how to hire and train people who stay: clear job descriptions, simple interview questions, and regular check-ins on how each role is going.
Franchising and more locations
Opening a second location, building a business with several company-owned locations, or turning what works into a franchise. First we make sure location one runs without you, with its processes written down. Then we plan the next step: the numbers, the people, and how to open without hurting the first location.
Sales, marketing and operations
Where customers come from, how leads become paying clients, and how the work gets delivered. Each has its own page: sales and marketing, fractional COO and operations, and custom AI software for the jobs a computer can do.
Corporate tax and bookkeeping
Year-end books and the T2 return for small incorporated businesses, with both CRA deadlines tracked. See corporate tax filing and bookkeeping.
Who I work with
- Established but stuck. The business makes money and has a small team, but you are not sure where to start.
- An expert turning pro. You are great at your craft and ready to turn it into a real business.
- Successful but overloaded. Too many clients and constant overtime. You want your time and your profits back.
How it starts
Every project starts with the System Audit: $497, one flat fee, tax included. I spend about 3 hours on your business. You show me on screen, or tell me, how you work now. Then you get my recommendations and a written 90-day action plan you keep. If you go ahead with implementation, it is $100 an hour and the $497 is credited in full. If I find your business cannot be audited, you get a full refund.
Questions
What does a business consultant do?
A business consultant looks at the whole business from the outside, finds the few changes that matter most, and helps put them in place.
How is consulting different from coaching?
A consultant studies the business and often does the work with you. A coach builds your own ability to run it, week by week. See business coaching.
Can you help with a business plan for a bank loan?
Yes. The plan and the cash flow forecast are built from your real numbers, with you in the room, so you can explain every line.
Do you help with franchising?
Yes: getting your first location to run without you, writing down how it works, then planning the numbers and the people for the next location or a franchise.
Do you work outside BC?
Yes. I work in person across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, and online with businesses across Canada and the US.
