About
A parent company built around resource management.
Strategic FIRM Inc. develops, advises, finances and partners with businesses. The name is the method: Fundamentals in Resource Management.
What FIRM Means
Fundamentals in Resource Management
Every business runs on a small set of resources. How well those resources are managed is what separates a company that compounds from one that stays busy and stays flat.
Strategic FIRM is organized around that idea rather than around a service menu. The company coaches, finances, operates, partners and invests, and in each case the work is the same underneath: find the fundamentals that are limiting the business, and manage them better.
Not every Strategic FIRM interest is represented publicly. What appears on this site is the outward-facing part of the company.
The Fundamentals
Nine resources that decide the outcome.
These are the areas Strategic FIRM works in, whichever business unit the engagement sits under.
People
Who does the work, how they are led, and whether the right roles are filled.
Capital
What the business has to work with and what it can responsibly access.
Processes
The repeatable steps that make results consistent rather than accidental.
Operations
The daily running of the business and the real cost of running it.
Customers
Who buys, why they return, and what it costs to reach them.
Assets
Equipment, vehicles, property and anything the business owns and uses.
Information
The numbers an owner needs in front of them to make a decision.
Time
Where the owner hours go, and what those hours are actually worth.
Opportunities
What is available to the business that it has not yet acted on.
Where You Are
Every business is somewhere on this list.
Where a business sits changes what it needs. The work is not the same at the start as it is at the exit, and treating it as the same is where most advice goes wrong.
Start
Getting a business open, funded and legally in place.
Stabilize
Stopping the bleeding and making the month predictable.
Improve
Raising margin and quality without raising headcount.
Grow
Adding customers, locations, crews or capacity.
Finance
Accessing capital for the next move on reasonable terms.
Operate
Running well enough that the owner is not the bottleneck.
Scale
Repeating what works in more places or at more volume.
Transition
Selling, handing over, or stepping back from the business.
Scope
Broader than the services on this site.
Strategic FIRM Inc. may participate in business development, coaching and advisory work, finance and capital access, business assets, operating partnerships, strategic alliances, investment and asset management, internally owned or affiliated businesses, and specialized industry consulting.
Business Units
Three outward-facing businesses.
Each has its own audience, its own value proposition and its own site. They are related, but they are not one bundled service.
Strategic FIRM Business Coaching
Coaching and advisory work for owners and managers who want the business to run better.
- People and accountability
- Numbers and margin
- Process and operations
Strategic FIRM Finance
Understanding and pursuing realistic financing for startup, growth, equipment and working capital.
- Readiness review
- Documentation and packaging
- Lender introductions
Food Truck Coaching
A specialized practice for trucks, trailers, carryout concepts and small restaurants.
- Concept and menu
- Sourcing and builds
- Operations and marketing
Tell us what the business is and where it is stuck.
We will point you to the right part of Strategic FIRM, or tell you plainly if we are not the right fit.