Testimonials

WHAT OUR MEMBERS SAY ABOUT THE BUSINESS GROUP: 
 
"I've been reading your book, and as much as I hate to admit it, it has helped me improve my business."
Le Duc Thuong, Owner, Precision Cuts hair salon, San Rafael

"I got my 'on-the-job MBA' with the help of The Business Group."
Eva Shoshany, Co-owner, WIGT Printing, Mill Valley

"I have improved my infrastructure, turned over operations management to my staff, and become the CEO I was inteded to be."
Kathryn Maxwell, Owner and CEO, Maxwell Money Management, Novato

"BG helped me build a profitable enterprise while maintaining creative integrity." 
FuTung Cheng, Cheng Design, Berkeley 
 
"The Business Group showed me that I could afford to expand—I couldn't afford not to." 
Laura Bertolli-Pendleton, Bertolli's Auto Body, San Rafael 
 
"I use my Business Group as a corporate board. I play out ideas so I can deliver developed concepts back to my managers." 
Matt Painter, The Painter's Place, San Francisco & Larkspur 
 
"A regular meeting away from the office helps me focus on the big picture." 
Lynne Williams, Face & Body Magic, Albany 
 
"This Business Group is where I trust people enough to express what the real problems are. It's the place I can get away to look at my own business, and my life." 
Yoshi Tome, Sushi Ran, Sausalito 
 
"I don't have a business background, I was in Fine Arts. I'm learning about financials, about employees and about marketing in ways that I hadn't looked at before." 
Stacey Lapuk ASID, Stacey Lapuk Interior Design, Inc., Mill Valley 
 
"Planning is a key element of The Business Group. It allows me to see how far I have come, where I want to go, and the steps I need to do to make that happen.” 
Michael McQuilkin, McQuilkin Music, Novato 
 
“...every so often—wham! —there’s a $100,000 idea!” 
Paul Butler, Payless Self Storage, Richmond 
 
"It's amazing to me how people in such diverse businesses come up against the same problems." 
Kay Waller, Baywide Mortgage 
 
"Meeting every month seemed like a lot of time to take out of my busy schedule. But much of what goes on in the group is attending to issues that I used to let slide." 
Janet Tokerud, Tokerud Consulting Group, Mill Valley 
 
“There’s no way I dare go to a meeting without first completing my commitment to the group. They help me stay focused, on target and accountable to my goals.” 
Janet Thompson, Marketing Communications Group, Lafayette