What Business Partners members are saying:
"The Commercial Construction industry is a very complex business that is unique to all other business..... or so I though. After openly speaking with other business owners in the Business Partners group, it is quite apparent that we all have the same challenges facing us. Having the ability to confidentially speak with the group allows strategizing together on our business future. Knowing that Jeff has been through exactly what we struggle with is invaluable. He is not a consultant; he is a business owner who has a vast knowledge of solutions and reassurances that we are actually on the right path to business and personal success. Thank you for all that Bear Down has done for Hoeft Builders."
Peter Hoeft President - Hoeft Builders
"Being a member of Business Partners has provided me the opportunity to tap into information resources that would otherwise not be available. Being part of a group of highly intelligent, yet common sense people who genuinely care about you and your business is invigorating, inspiring and challenging. It really brings to light the need and resulting benefits for a CEO to work ON their business rather than IN their business. After being a member for a while, you will look at your business in an entirely different way than you do now."
Greg Hageness President - Titan Air, Inc.
"It would be difficult for me to put a value on Business Partners because I know it has helped me drive significant improvement in our business, in many facets or the organization including: human resources, sales, marketing, organizational development and strategic planning. Jeff is a great addition and brings an experienced business mind to the group. He is invaluable."
Pete Farrow CEO - Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
"It is never difficult to find someone who is willing to offer advice on how to run our business. It is far more challenging to find someone willing to invest their time into understanding our business, before offering that advice. That is what makes Jeff unique and an invaluable resource to Northern Crossarm Co., Inc."
Pat Bischel Owner/President - Northern Crossarm Co. Inc.
"At our office, we understand that complacency can kill a small business. In recent years we had worked with several consultants within the healthcare industry and none had provided any true substance that benefited the practice. I was tired of being thrown into a "one size fits all" package. Because of this, I had been looking to find someone to come alongside me that could help shape me as a leader as well as provide sound guidance to navigating the waters of ownership. I was referred to Business Partners by trusted advisers and through that referral had the pleasure of meeting Shelley. Her knowledge, coupled with her apparent passion for cultivating culture, has been a breath of fresh air into our business. Simply put, she has been an asset, a welcomed joy to work with and a steward of our success."
Jeff Henson Owner - Regis Court Dental Associates
"No other time compares to what I get out of being in a Business Partners group. It means the world to me."
Janet Stansfield President - Stansfield Vending, Inc.
"My Business Partners group - when status quo isn't good enough. The value is in having a "board" of confidential, non-competing business people looking at your business from different perspectives: bringing positive results."
Karl Varnes CEO - Synergy Cooperative
"I've found one great benefit to Business Partners is the constant exposure to multiple business or management concepts. Those concepts come from our speakers, members and Jeff. Often they lie dormant in the back of my mind until a situation arises at which time they become invaluable to first understanding then effectively navigating through a situation."
Greg Lewis President - American Phoenix, Inc.
"Be it professional or personal. Business Partners provides me the benefit of picking the brains of some of the most brilliant minds concerning any topic that may be relevant to my current situation. In addition to this trusted group of advisors we also get the benefit of speaker who are the best in their respective fields speaking to us in a small group format where we are allowed the opportunity to interact in their session and not just listen to someone speak on a topic without challenge. We get to do this all without traveling to a large convention center to hear the nationally recognized speaker present. The time commitment for what I personally get out of Business Partners is so minimal I don't know why I would not participate."
Matt Tietz Owner - McDonough Manufacturing, Inc.