I was on a peer-to-peer business owners’ board for ten years when Richard was the facilitator. He helped me surmount several business challenges over those years: (1) Helping me better manage my law firm, (2) Improving my marketing message and prospecting of potential clients, (3) Improving corporate culture and employee accountability, and (4) Helping me manage my time more wisely. Richard has a wealth of expertise beyond these issues. I enthusiastically recommend Richard Strautman as a business advisor and board facilitator.
I have been consistently impressed with the breadth of capabilities and the quality of the deliverables of Picus Enterprises and its alliance partners. Picus created the overall plan and has been helping me move through each of the stages to get my business going. We are now nearing the launch of the new company and we have been able to meet the major milestones set out in the original plan. Picus Enterprises helped me with a wide range of strategic issues, including an overall business strategy, clarifying my target markets, pricing, branding and creating an overall marketing plan. But equally important was the ability of Picus Enterprises to provide many of the deliverables identified in the overall project plan. Picus deliverables included trademark filing, web address research and filing, product catalogs and brochures, countertop and wall mounted product displays, display ads, and trade show support. If only I had heard about Picus Enterprises years ago when I first had this idea, I might have been able to launch this new business much earlier.
As an active member on the Board of the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce, I am familiar with the numerous challenges that many small business face. I have already recommended Picus Enterprises and will continue to recommend their services to any entrepreneur that wishes to develop a strong business strategy – or a current business owner that wishes to increase their marketing reach and profitability. They are informed, professional and a pleasure to work with. Most of all, Picus Enterprises delivers results that will positively affect your business’ bottom line.
I have worked with Picus Enterprises for the past few months on several different projects, including marketing communications, computer systems and training. With each project I feel that I have gotten sound advice and quality deliverables. I feel like I have found a business partner who can make a real difference in my practice.
Richard Strautman was my peer-to-peer board facilitator for The Alternative Board for over 8 years. During that time Richard helped me on a wide range of topics including employee, marketing, information technology, and company growth issues. I always found the board meetings informative, well-structured and valuable. He was a pleasure to work with, ran meetings well and always had insightful ideas to share with the group. His wide-ranging background gave him a unique skill set as well as diversified knowledge of business and how they need to run.
Richard Strautman worked with our company as both a peer-to-peer facilitator and a key person in structuring our management and ownership transition.
Richard’s advice and ideas were key to continued growth. Our involvement with Richard was always a positive and enjoyable experience and beneficial to our company.
I was on a peer-to-peer business owners’ board for ten years when Richard was the facilitator. He helped me surmount several business challenges over the years:
(1) Taking over a family business from my father, the founder
(2) Reducing excessive overhead to improve profit margins without compromising productivity or client service
(3) Developing new marketing programs
(4) Improving corporate culture and employee accountability.
Richard has a wealth of expertise beyond these issues, including how to make a business more attractive to potential buyers and how to plan an exit strategy. He led our board with wisdom and humor and was meticulously organized. I enthusiastically recommend Richard Strautman as a business advisor.
"PW Green is an environment group in Port Washington that focuses on preserving Long Island plants, animals and natural communities by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive and flourish. We believe that the preservation of wild, natural places improves the quality of life for all who live here.
We worked with Picus Enterprises to help us create our image, our marketing message, and our internet presence. Our website has become an important tool in communicating to our membership and to the entire community. We have been very pleased with number of people who have come to our website to view our message.
Thank you Picus Enterprises for a job well done!"
Richard Strautman is the facilitator of my TAB group. The leadership and input he provides at our meetings fosters a productive environment and I consistently receive meaningful and valuable insight into my business.
Following these group meetings, I work with Richard independently and he takes what we have uncovered at our TAB meeting or a particular issue my business is facing and he challenges me to think in new ways, expands on practices that are currently working and then provides the knowledge or resources I need to take action.
I look forward to our meetings and I look at my business in a different way since working with Richard. I feel like I have access to his wealth of diverse business experience and knowledge.
We met Richard Strautman through our affiliation with TAB of Long Island. Richard was our facilitator for over 10 years and has clearly provided excellent leadership and guidance. His experience and insight has assisted in creating thought provoking meetings and strong assistance with business problem solving.
Richard is also providing the attention for one on one meetings for TAB members and in our experience has helped guide us on strategy, personnel issues, training approach and international points of expertise pertinent to our business issues.
We are thankful for the relationship and continue to look forward to his opinions and suggestions directed to our company's growth.
I recently became a member of The Alternative Board and have been working with Richard Strautman, who is my board facilitator. As the owner of a small business, I have found TAB and Richard Strautman to be extremely helpful in dealing with my business issues and activities. Coming to a board meeting and presenting an issue or an opportunity and having other business owners discuss the pros and cons of different strategies and tactics has been extremely valuable.
I have also found Richard Strautman to be a very capable Facilitator and Consultant on a broad range of topics. I have used his advice in personnel, sales management, business strategy, and marketing areas and have found him to be very prompt and responsive. His advice has always been great, no matter what the issue or situation. He is quick to come up with an answer to my questions and I really enjoy working with him.