More Than Just Bookkeeping

Good bookkeeping tells you what happened. Small business consulting tells you what to do about it. We look at your financial situation and help you make better decisions about pricing, expenses, hiring, equipment purchases, and growth.

A lot of small business owners in Tucson are great at their trade. They’re skilled contractors, talented chefs, experienced landscapers, but they never learned the business side. That’s normal. But it means you might be making mistakes that are costing you money.

What We Help With

Cash flow planning is huge. Your business might be profitable on paper but still run out of cash. We help you predict when money’s coming in, when bills are due, and how to avoid those panic moments when you’re not sure if you can make payroll.

Pricing strategy is another big one. Most small businesses underprice their services. They look at what competitors charge and price themselves a little lower to be competitive. But that doesn’t account for their actual costs. We’ll help you figure out what you really need to charge to be profitable.

Growth planning for when you’re ready to expand. Should you hire another employee or keep subcontracting? Can you afford that new truck or equipment? Should you open a second location? These decisions are expensive to get wrong, so we run the numbers first.

What a Typical Consulting Relationship Looks Like

Some clients just need a one-time consultation to solve a specific problem. Others want quarterly meetings to review performance and plan ahead. Some businesses need monthly check-ins during growth phases or when things are tight.

We’re flexible because every business is different. A restaurant getting ready for the busy season has different needs than a solar company trying to manage a lumpy pipeline.

How Our Business Consulting Process Defines What to Work On and When

For us, creating a plan is straightforward. Once we’ve evaluated your numbers and where your business stands financially, we start with your Vision for the business and identify those gaps. From there, Themes will start to show themselves. Each Theme is supported and completed by Projects that are built to take no more than 90 days. Projects are supported by Tasks that can be completed in 30 days.

Our consulting process keeps everything identifiable and manageable. There’s nothing left to confusion about who’s working on what or when it’s due.

Real Results

That auto shop owner? Once we fixed his pricing and tightened up his expenses, his profit margin went from about 8% to 18%. Same amount of work, way more money in his pocket.

A landscaping company we work with was thinking about buying a second truck and hiring two more people. When we looked at their numbers, we realized they couldn’t actually afford it yet. Instead, we helped them focus on higher-margin services first. A year later, they were ready to expand the right way.

Local Business Knowledge

We’ve worked with dozens of small businesses around Tucson – everything from cafes near the University to contractors working all over Pima County. We understand the local market, seasonal patterns, and the specific challenges businesses face here.

Like how construction slows down in summer when it’s 110 degrees. Or how retail shops near campus have to survive the summer slump when students are gone. Or how tourism-dependent businesses need to plan for the winter season when snowbirds arrive.

Get Started

Business consulting starts with understanding your situation and goals. We’ll meet with you, review your financials, and talk about what’s working and what’s not. Then we’ll put together specific recommendations and help you implement them.

You don’t need fancy systems or perfect books to benefit from consulting. You just need to be ready to make some changes.