Business Plan Review

Bryan was instrumental in Tilting Motor Works being chosen as a finalist and winning the Best Presentation award in the 2010 ZINO Marketplace Investment Forum. Bryan was extremely helpful in creating a PowerPoint slide deck that was able to convey the essence of my business in a way that was very concise and clear. Bryan took an active interest in my business and I got a real sense that Bryan was doing everything possible to help me succeed. — Bob Mighell, CEO, Tilting Motor Works, Marysville, WA

We retained Bryan early this year for assistance with our business plan. Needless to say, his work was exemplary. — Craig Goebbel, President, Financial Technologies-LoanTek, University Place WA

Bryan Brewer has been an important asset to our team, and has been of great benefit to our business with his expertise and experience. Bryan’s knowledge and direction have been invaluable, and we would not be as far along as we are today without his help. — Sarah Hartgraves, Five One Five Holdings, Inc

Dear Bryan – I appreciate the quality work you performed for Klever Marketing in the construction and development of our current business plan. Your perspective and ability to give a ‘fresh look’ to an old document was outstanding. Also, your responsiveness to new information and additions/changes made it possible for Klever to have a document we are proud of and which is receiving many accolades. — Corey Hamilton, CEO, Klever Marketing, Inc., Salt Lake City UT

Mr. Brewer was a great mix of talent in writing our business plan. His intuitive business sense, English language prose, and understanding of the technology industry all contributed to an incredible experience and final product. — Steve MacDonald, CEO, Beyond360, Inc., Bellevue WA

Bryan has a strong analytical approach and a unique ability to clearly communicate complex ideas via the written word. He has a true team-oriented approach and provides timely project turnaround. — Michael Kuehner, Managing Director of Interactive Products Group, Ernst & Young LLP, Seattle WA (currently Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cognition Partners, Bellevue WA)

I was posed with the impossible task of creating a business plan within one week for a potential investor meeting. After procuring Mr. Brewer’s services, not only was the ‘impossible’ task now made possible, but we received substantial funding with our first negotiating attempt. Thank you Bryan for making the impossible, not just possible, but probable. — Derek J. Dugan, Sr. Vice-President & Director of Operations, Bizzy Bee Educational Products, Inc., Little Rock AR

Bryan Brewer creates executive summaries like no one I have ever seen. He has helped me on many occasions to turn a good idea into a GREAT plan that gets the attention of the investment community. — Pat Dane, CEO, Dane Interactive, Inc., Wilmington NC

Thank you for your work with our business plan. I was impressed with how quickly you assimilated the information and overlayed it with your experience of what sells. Your comments were the best among the several individuals I asked for input on how to improve our plan. After writing, rewriting, and then revising the rewritten versions, it’s nice to receive a fresh, insightful perspective. Great work. — Eric Hayashi, President & CEO, LabConnect LLC, Columbia MD

Bryan is very professional and easy to work with. He was very skilled in helping us focus our strategy, and he backed it up with the right details in the document. I love his clear writing style — we’ve received so many compliments on the business plan. — Jaimee Wolf, CEO, Xicat Interactive, Ft. Lauderdale FL

Working with Bryan is terrific for the health and well-being of my company. His facilitation skills keep our team focused on the issue at hand, and his insight keeps us thinking on a strategic level. At the end of each session we have a concrete action plan that we’ve collaboratively developed that includes concrete and attainable next steps to move us towards our goal. — Nate Thompson, CEO, Cypress Consulting

Bryan Brewer is a ‘multi-dimensional’ coach. In the short few hours I spent with him, he helped me to grasp a deeper vision for the work that I do in new and profound, exciting ways! Thank you so very much for your inspiration and wisdom, Bryan. — Maria Hoaglund, author, The Last Adventure of Life

Thanks, Bryan, for taking my rough ideas and delivering a clear, well-crafted business plan that is both understandable and compelling. Your help in realigning the revenue model has given me the credibility I need to confidently represent my company to potential corporate partners and investors. I also appreciate your providing industry contacts, who proved critical for validating the core value proposition. — Paul Willms, Founder and CEO, Erudite Systems LLC, Everett WA

As a bootstrapping business owner, you don’t need more great ideas – you need strategies that you can begin executing immediately. We came away from our day-long session with Bryan with clarity, focus, and a plan of action. Best of all, the strategies Bryan helped us develop didn’t cost us an arm and a leg to put in place. So we’re actually doing it. And it’s actually working. — Dan McComb and Lara Feltin, Biznik Co-founders

I had the good fortune at one workshop to meet another NWEN member who helped us tighten up our business plan. We have already raised $1.8 million for our life sciences venture as a result. — Eric Hayashi, President & CEO, LabConnect LLC, Columbia MD

As a bootstrapping business owner, you don’t need more great ideas – you need strategies that you can begin executing immediately. We came away from our day-long session with Bryan with clarity, focus, and a plan of action. Best of all, the strategies Bryan helped us develop didn’t cost us an arm and a leg to put in place. So we’re actually doing it. And it’s actually working. — Dan McComb and Lara Feltin, Biznik Co-founders

It was well worth it to hire an expert like Bryan. His solid, well-organized business plan was key in helping us get $3 million in Series B funding. — Kerry Martin, CEO, CodeCorrect, Inc., Yakima WA

Over the many years I’ve watched Bryan work, his pragmatic execution in business development has consistently produced results. His attention to the details of a business plan, built on years of operational experience, virtually ensures the success of the plan once it is in the hands of a management team. — Mitch Ratcliffe, CEO, BigGarden Ventures LLC, San Francisco CA

Bryan came in and helped shape, develop, and plan my abstract ideas. He spent a lot of time working with me and working out the details of my plan with consultants and attorneys. I walked away from the experience with an incredible and viable business plan. He was informative, supportive, and educational in his work with me. I would highly recommend Bryan to anyone who is looking for help writing a business plan. — Megan Murphy, CEO, Artocracy Inc., Spokane WA

We used Bryan for the first time for a business development planning meeting. Bryan helped us walk through the challenges of taking our marco concepts, analyzing their validity and applying a disciplined approach to creating a focused strategy and delineating tactics to accomplish our goals. — Sean Stewart, General Partner, Templum Capital/My Zip Service Corporation

Bryan was able to take our dream of building a next-generation ESPN for amateur sports and make it reality on paper. Whatever happens from here on out can be attributed to the leadership Bryan brought to my team in clarifying my company’s vision, and in enabling us to take the necessary steps to execute. I recommend Bryan to anyone and everyone who needs their business plan to be funded. — Chris McCoy, CEO/Founder, A to Z Sports, Inc., Seattle WA