For Growth Minded Business Owners

Management Consulting

You know your craft…
We know business…

 

We help small, growing businesses achieve their full potential.

Most small business owners are great at what they do, but are not necessarily business people.

We have a careful, thoughtful approach specific to small business.

Bring us on board, and let’s get your business humming.

Plan with confidence. Bring your vision to life.

Strategic Planning

Clarify your vision into monthly and annual operating plans. Create measurable goals, and stay on track to achieve them.

Forecasting and Budgeting

Get a handle on your past, present and future cash flow. Spot potential problems and address them in advance.

DATA INFORMED DECISIONS

Use your data to make more informed decisions. Continuously adapt to account for multiple variables and scenarios.

Our Step By Step Process

Foundations,
Management,
Growth

1. foundations (Numbers)

Get your data dialed in by transforming your accounting, sales and inventory data into business decision-making tools with the Ronin Standard Business Model (tm).

2. management (People)

Translate your goals into a legitimate growth story backed by numbers that all tie out in an operating plan.

Build your management team and the systems and processes they use to run the business.

3. growth (Capital)

Attract the debt or equity capital you need for growth more easily with strong foundations and a management team in place.

Feel more confident about re-investing hard earned profits to fuel growth.

Business Stages: Get To the Next Level

Founder Stage ($0-500K)

You’re doing everything. We build your financial foundations.

It’s all on you. There may be some people on contract or folks you bring in every once in a while but no stable employees beyond yourself or your co-founder(s).

  1. Turn The Passion That Got You To This Point Into Disciplined And Focused Work Habits.

  2. Get Some Early Customers And Deliver Your Offering. Find Out What Resonates With Them.

  3. Start Tracking Results In Systems And Software That Will Scale With You Into Operator Stage.

  4. Figure Out What Is Repeatable And Delegable. Turn Your Work Habits Into Processes And Roles.

  5. Build A Steady Stream Of Customers While Also Doing The Work To Keep Customers Happy.

  6. Create Roles And Hire Early Employees. Refine Roles And Processes With Early Employees.

  7. Do All This Without Running Out Of Money Or Pulling All Your Hair Out First!

Survey Company Triples Monthly Revenues and Hits Profit Margin Targets.

“Ronin brings financial intelligence to a small company. They are my partner in crime, someone who thinks about my business the way I do. They help you steer some of your short term, medium, and long term goals hopefully towards the most productive areas. They help you prepare for scalability.”

— DEREK KINSAUL, SURVEY WORKS 

You’ve Got a Vision.
We’d Love to Hear About It.

  • What’s your revenue model?
  • What challenges are you having?
  • Where are you getting stuck?
  • Who do you need on the team?
  • When will you hire them?
  • Do you need funding?
  • How do you know?

Operator Stage ($500K-4M)

You need systems. We implement management structures that scale.

You have employees and a steady flow of business. You are still running the day-to-day and the team cannot operate without you yet.

  1. Take Stock Of Where You’re At Relative To Your Bigger Vision And Why You’re Doing This.

  2. Set Goals Annually And Track Progress With A Disciplined Monthly Cadence.

  3. Articulate Your Vision Into A Growth Story People Can Get Behind.

  4. Get Your Key Players To Their Highest And Best Use. Develop Top Employees Into Managers.

  5. Get Sales Targets, Budgets And Standardized Reporting In Place With Your Management Team.

  6. Identify The Best Areas To Invest In For Growth. Invest Retained Earnings Or Funds Raised.

  7. Enjoy The Fruits Of Your Labor And Take An Uninterrupted Vacation.

Food Business Kicks It Into High Gear.

“They’ve taken us from being reactive to being proactive. They’ve moved the needle for us so we are now looking ahead and able to make big plans for the entire year with goals in mind for the end of 2020 and working towards those goals the whole time as opposed to just reacting to whatever comes our way.”

— AMANDA WADSWORTH, TINY PIES

You’ve got a good thing goin’. We’d love to hear about it. 

  • Where are you going from here?
  • Are you happy where you are at?
  • Do you have the team you need to get there?
  • What are your financial goals?
  • How much business do you need to make them?
  • Do you need funding?

Asset Stage ($4M-7M)

You need a team. We develop leaders who can run operations without you.

A solid management team is in place and the business has become an asset to you. You can step out and the business keeps going.

  1. Take A Realistic Look At Where You’re At. Make Sure You’ve Honed A Business Unit First.
  2. Make A High Level Plan Of How To Scale The Business. Account For Competitive Landscape.
  3. Develop Your Management Team So They Are Poised To Grow With The Business.
  4. Start Building Additional Business Units To Prove Out Your Ideas. Overlap Timelines Strategically.
  5. Recruit New Key Players To The Team As Needed And As Afforded To Achieve Growth Goals.
  6. Enable Management With Tools And Reporting To Keep An Eye On Existing Business Performance.
  7. Do All This While Recruiting Investors And Raising Funds As Needed. Don’t Run Out Of Cash.
Climbing Gym Builds New Locations.

“With Ronin by my side, I feel more confident as a business owner— I have someone to collaborate and share ideas with. While there is a price tag attached, I just couldn’t imagine not having them around. They bring a component to the business that I feel I couldn’t do without. They are the ultimate business partner. “

— KEVIN GORADIA, CEO CRUX CLIMBING GYM

You’ve Got a Solid Business. We’d Love to Hear About it. 

  • What’s the next step?
  • How big do you want to be?
  • Do you have business units that can scale?
  • What does growth look like?
  • More locations?
  • More teams?
  • More production capacity?
  • How will you fund the next phase?

Expansion Stage ($7M-10M)

You’re ready for serious growth capital. We prepare you for the big leagues. We’ll take you through these stages and make you come out a winner.

You are building an executive team. There are clearly defined business units that can be replicated to take what was once a small business on to the middle market.

  1. Squeeze Some Time For Self-Reflection Between Running Your Company And Having A Life.
  2. Figure Out How Your Personal Goals And Skills Align With What’s Right For The Business.
  3. Set Up A Board If You Haven’t Already And Build A Governance Structure And Investor Relations.
  4. Identify Gaps In The Leadership And Management Teams And Fill With Executive Roles As Needed.
  5. Stay Ahead Of The Game By Weaving Strategic And Operational Planning Together With Your Team.
  6. Keep The Company Focused Around One Vision As You Bring More And More People On Board.
  7. Continue To Innovate. Convince Institutional Capital Partners To Trust You With Their Money.

TalentGuard Lands $4 Million in VC Funding.

“The thing that was most important to me when choosing Ronin was experience. They have done its before and are able to support what they put together in front of people who can tear it apart. They are going to help you create the financial models you need to run your business, talk to your investors, and talk to your board to demonstrate the metrics you are attaining on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.”

— LINDA GINAC, CEO TALENTGUARD

You’ve Got a Growth Company. We’d Love to Hear About It. 

  • What direction are you going next?
  • Are you staying on to run or hiring executives?
  • Do you have a proper board?
  • How are you aligning the board with management around a shared vision?
  • Do you have investors or capital partners?

Every business faces predictable challenges at specific revenue thresholds. We’ll take you through these stages and make you come out a winner.

Big business best practices.

Small business price tag.

Big companies spend millions building the same business frameworks we'll give you. We've taken big business best practices and boiled them down to neatly packaged solutions specific to small growing businesses with less than $10M in revenue. You get the same strategic advantage without the enterprise-level fees.

Monthly Plan

Who is this for?

Solo or small teams who want visibility at a monthly level and strategic insights.   

from $1,000+/mo

What’s included?
  • Monthly Close Meeting with Ronin Strategist to go over the numbers
  • Accurate and consistent financials in full 3-statement financial model
  • Target date of the 10th for model updates for prior month close
  • Basic cash forecasting, cost analysis, budgeting
  • Controller close and QA (Quality Assurance)
  • Basic Ronin team review of financial plans

Weekly Plan

Who is this for?

Growth oriented teams looking to maximize revenue, profit and growth or raise money. 

from $2,500+/mo

What’s included?

Monthly Plan deliverables and…

  • Ronin Strategist joins your leadership team 
  • Drivers based financial planning
  • Standing Weekly Meetings with Strategist
  • Needs based access to full Ronin team
  • Strategic planning, cash forecasting and budgeting, cost analysis
  • Financial plans fully vetted by Ronin team

Projects

Who is this for?

Special projects like fundraising, modeling, or data science style problem solving. 

$500+ per project

What’s included?
  • Historical Financial Review
  • Managerial Books
  • Custom Analytics
  • Due Diligence Prep
  • Empowered Org Chart
  • Business Cycle Plan
  • Key Employee Buy-in
  • Capital Budget
  • Many more…

Who We Work With

Small Businesses

Word & Carr Design Group went from stuck to scale in 2 years.

I had been under the hood of this business for years tinkering around trying to figure certain things out, and I’m pretty crafty and I couldn’t do it by myself
Word and Carr
Sarah
Word & Carr Design Group
Growth Focused

Lick Honest Ice Creams Journey from $0 valuation to $12M

Working with y'all was a foundational piece for the company that has directly affected all the growth we’ve had since then.
lick honest ice creams
Anthony
Lick Honest Ice Cream
Team Approach

Scaling multiple locations with Grace Nichols at Crux Climbing Center

I felt like I knew what I was doing but Ronin gave me so much more confidence.
crux climbing center
Grace
Crux Climbing Center

Stop guessing. Start building with confidence.

We help growth-minded business owners on their journey to financial independence.
  • Get your business on track to achieve its full potential.
  • Build your business into an asset that builds personal wealth.
  • Navigate the 4 Stages of growth with proven frameworks.

Let’s chat. What’s your growth story?

Still have questions?

We work with small growing businesses across product, food and service sectors. Everything from ice cream makers to architects.

We have 3 plans all at affordable monthly rates that gives access to the Ronin Standard Business Model and access to our professionals.

Yes! Every business on our platform has a dedicated team and experienced team member they work with.

We focus on financial strategy as a growth lever and drive value through use of financial data and using accounting for better managerial decisions whereas CPA’s typically focus on bookkeeping for tax planning and tax accounting.

You have revenue, costs and expenses and know you’re providing value and need to invest in growth but aren’t sure in what or what order. You understand there are risks and rewards and growth but aren’t sure exactly what to do to act on that knowledge systematically. This is the crux of finance – a set of tools to discuss the risks and rewards of investment over time. 

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