Small Business Strategy — Jesse Olive
JESSE OLIVE
Small business strategy

Small business strategy.

When you hear the words “small business strategy,” what comes to mind?

What do you think comes to mine?

Twenty-five years of experiences.

Not 25 years of experience.

There is a difference.

Experience measures time. Experiences measure lessons.

Over the past 25 years, I have worked with businesses across industries, business models, and growth stages. While I have contributed to projects involving large corporations such as AT&T and Lincoln Harris, those engagements still existed within the world of small business. In one case, they were clients of my employer. In another, they were clients of my own business.

For 25 years, I have lived in that space.

And not one experience was remotely the same.

Not one strategy was even close.

There is no universal playbook.

Real strategy isn’t about applying the same formula to every business. It’s about understanding what makes your business unique. It’s also about understanding what makes small business unique.

Once the nuances, restrictions, and freedoms are defined, a path that fits your goals, resources, and market becomes visible.

That’s what 25 years of experiences teaches you.

How to match a business with the right strategy.

Not how to match a strategy to the right business.

And there is an art to figuring that out.

Let’s build.

Attention potential collaborators, customers and investors… Let’s go.