What We Do

A Focus on Vermont-owned Small Businesses

Locally owned, small businesses are important drivers in Vermont 's economy. That's why we focus on supporting the unique needs of businesses and their leaders who are trying to grow within the range of $1 million to $15 million in annual sales and from 10 to 25 to 50 employees.

Our innovative approach involves the deployment of three Peer Advisors who work in teams of three with a business owner for nine to twelve months, at the 'big picture,' strategic level, focusing on those issues which are critical to a client's future success, such as:

Entrepreneur / CEO leadership development
Overall business strategy (what business are you in?)
Employee compensation systems (e.g. salary structure, performance reviews, profit sharing, and ESOPs)
Management team development
Identifying functional gaps in personnel and planning for job retention or growth
Analysis of financial systems, product margins and debt structure
Strategic long-range planning
Assessment of sales and marketing strategies
Addressing customer concentration issues
Special projects (e.g. energy efficiency opportunities and supply chain issues)

When necessary, the Peer Advisor Team identifies additional consultants and technical assistance programs to augment its scope of work.

If you want on-going support after working with your Peer Advisor Team, we can assist you in creating a permanent Board of Advisors.

For more details on the step by step process we employ, click here.

Is the Peer to Peer Collaborative right for your Business?

We work with businesses located throughout the state in three major industries – Agricultural Products, Forest Products, and Manufacturing.

The following are some of the characteristics which apply to those businesses the Peer to Peer Collaborative is uniquely suited to assist.

owned and based in Vermont
$1 - $15 million in gross sales with sales growth projected in the coming years
10 – 50 full-time employees
desire to improve compensation for lowest paid employees (through some combination of salary and/or benefit enhancements, profit sharing, and/or an ESOP)
owner realizes that some internal operating systems need to be improved to accommodate anticipated growth
owner is open and willing to accept outside assistance

If some or all of these characteristics accurately describe your company and you would like to engage the Peer to Peer Collaborative, please contact us.

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