Client Testimonials
"Our company has been in business over 20 years providing training for professionals in a range of industries that includes real estate, health care, and home inspection. As many firms in our industry have experienced, the economic down turn has created challenges that most business owners didn’t anticipate and have had little experience dealing with. We retained SB Consulting to help us work through and provide a refreshed direction for our business. Within a very short period of time the firm identified the areas that could make an immediate, positive and profitable improvement, helped us develop an operating budget, and partnered with us to implement those recommendations. One thing the firm has re-enforced with us is that making improvements is on going and that has impacted our culture and direction. We now feel more confident with what our future will look like."
Ed Klopfer
President
Ed Klopfer Schools of Real Estate and Health Care
"Every business faces challenges that seem overwhelming. We have a choice to tackle h issues alone, or seek the solutions from another source. I turned to Jim Martin of SB Consulting when my marketing agency was facing cash flow shortages during a time of growth and opportunity. Without Jim's objective and expert guidance, I would have been unable to take advantage of the opportunities for business growth that were in front of me. I learned so much from Jim as we developed my business plan and drafted realistic financial projections. We secured an SBA capital loan to allow me to hire staff to accommodate the growing client business and expansion of services. I had seen Jim turn businesses around with smart financial management and streamlined operations, but I am happy to say, I experienced the results first hand as well. Without reservation, I can recommend SB Consulting to any business owner."
Gayle A. Williams
Vision Marketing
"In preparing to launch our new venture, Jim Martin provided invaluable strategy and services to enable us to present a credible private placement offering. As a right-brain creative thinker, I have no patience for the detail and minutiae required to assemble a financial plan. However, I do appreciate its importance. With each new development in our start-up phase, Jim rewrote the financials and advised us on the critical areas of cash flow, cost containment and overhead. Simply put, he gave us the key tool to raise substantial amounts of investment capital."
Michael A. Sisti
Partner, Aqua Mizer, Inc.
"My Company is working with SB Consulting now for nearly a year. We have benefited greatly from the support role SB contributes to our team. They offer clear and defining strategies that may not be immediately evident to an executive who’s in the grind on a day to day basis. They care about my business and I know their leadership and advice is unbiased and geared to our best interest. Dollar for dollar, SB Consulting is a great investment in my company’s future."
Ed Marin
CEO
Soicher Marin Gallery
"Jim Martin at SB Consulting has been working with our Company for over a year and the results are remarkable. The firm’s knowledge on finance and marketing has led us to better manage our cash flow, inventory, and sales have increased significantly."
Sam Prost
President
Weber Manufacturing
"Our company, CSi Networks, has been in business for almost 17 years and through this time grown to be one of the largest technology firms in the Greater Sarasota Manatee market. We have a continuous need to keep ahead of and lead the charge in an ever changing highly competitive industry. SB Consulting has given us the insight, additional judgment and experience to help steer CSi to the forefront of profitable business. The firm has brought us beneficial knowledge not available to us through standard avenues.
And it has not cost us a thing. They have paid for themselves many times over."
Joe Brachle
President/CEO
CSi Networks
"I have been using SB Consulting LLC both in an advisory capacity, and have also retained the firm on a consultative basis with a new venture I am involved with. What I like about the firm is how they work closely in partnership with their clients to identify their key business challenges…then develop unique strategies, plans and financial goals to meet those challenges and issues."
Louise Davy
Vista Enterprises
"I retained SB Consulting to assist me with writing a business plan and to raise capital for the roll out and introduction of a new and patented product developed for the truck aftermarket. SB Consulting worked closely with me to develop a four (4) year pro forma business plan that included growth strategies, capital requirements and a financial model. The firm facilitated and participated in the investor presentation, and worked closely with me to get the business off the ground. The firm is hands on and available 24/7 to help any way they can."
Larry Bequette
Cargo Slide, Inc.
"Fleet Cost Control is a fleet maintenance and repair management company that has been using SB Consulting to assist us in our start up efforts. I really count on the firm’s sales management and marketing experience, particularly as we develop an overall strategy for our business moving forward.
While we are a start up business, they have helped us define our market base, as well as develop strategies to reach those empowered to employ our services. They have the ability to bring clarity and cost effective marketing recommendations to the table that have helped us accomplish so much on our very limited budget.
We plan to continue to use SB Consulting to identify areas of our performance that need attention and help provide solutions as we continue to grow."
Pat Brennan
Fleet Management Director
Fleet Cost Control
"I have been running my business from my home for years satisfied with just making ends meet. Thanks to SB Consulting not only did I find out what a business plan was, but that I needed one and how to implement it to grow.
SB Consulting helped me more than double my income and showed me how to target the business’s I needed to grow. They are always available for questions, and that is very helpful for someone like me who had no prior knowledge of how to handle a growing business with employees.
Thank to SB Consulting."
Lizz Beyer
Nooks & Crannies II, Inc.
Commercial Cleaning
"Jim Martin has kept me on track with my business plan. He listens, evaluates and then strategically interjects his expertise. Working with Jim has shown me that my biggest problem with success was sticking to the program and getting through the “hills and valleys”, while keeping my vision clear and one pointed. He brings me back to the real world of numbers and projections. I am so grateful for his willingness to take time and energy for my projects. He is honestly concerned and dedicated to my success."
Susan Davis
EFT Transitions
Venice, FL
"I have recommended Jim and his firm SB Consulting to several of my Vistage CEO members in a consulting capacity. Each time he has delivered exactly what the the customer wanted, in an efficient, quick, and cost-effective manner. His extensive background gives him the ideal experience to help companies develop strong strategic plans, improve operational efficiencies, and align finance with operations. I highly recommend his work."
Larry Venable, Chair
Vistage SB 2226
Sarasota, FL
Vistage, the World's Largest CEO Organization
"Jim’s calming demeanor and positive approach allows him to help business owner’s work through sensitive areas, such as mismanagement of funds, a complacent work force, obsolete manufacturing processes, family dynamics, and economic turmoil. Jim’s ability to engage business owners has resulted in successful business plans that establish short and long-term goals, as well as detailed steps to attain those goals.
In my experiences, Jim Martin, has proven his worth in both short-term business assessments and in long-term engagements where Jim’s support has been vital to implementing the changes necessary for success. Ironically, when most companies feel they cannot afford a small business consultant like Jim Martin, it is the time they need him most."
Valerie T. Wagner, CPA, EA, MBA
"Although we wrote and rewrote our business plan many times, having Jim Martin’s economic expertise has been rewarding. He helped us plot out the necessary steps needed to take our Company to the next level. Finding the right balance between seizing opportunity and at the same time maintaining economic stability is always a challenge at this crucial stage in a Company’s growth cycle.Mr. Martin has provided clear cut realistic goals and it has been educational to get an outsider’s viewpoint on both our Company’s weakness and strengths.”
Dr. Chalmers is already seeing results, she explains, “Over the past three months three new people have been added to our staff and a fourth person will come on board with us in the beginning of June.”Presently Omega3 Innovations has a total of 15 employees.
Anne-Marie Chambers, MD Bo Martinsen MD
Owners-Omega 3 Innovations