Meet The Owner
Laurence Wisniewski
I began my career as a design engineer working for major corporations and eventually moving up into various management positions. Over 20 years ago, I started my own business with several partners. The business provided high tech custom design engineering and manufacturing services. We grew the business to have up to 350+ employees. Following our plans for an eventual sale, we started preparing our company about 5 years prior to putting it on the market. This preparation paid off and we successfully sold the company to a 7 billion dollar publicly traded global company. I stayed on as an employee for about 5 years and for some of that time reported directly to the CEO. Attending his management meetings, I observed how the "C suite" generally thinks, operates and evaluates potential acquisitions. This knowledge is very useful in helping a businesses prepare the company and have an exit strategy that targets selling to a major corporation or other major investors.
My career and experiences have led me to pursuing a passion of mine, which is to work with to small businesses to help them grow their profits and company value. I have done this on an "informal" basis prior to launching my consulting business. My approach is a no-nonsense, hands-on systematic approach. Starting, operating and growing a small business can be really tough. Never enough time to do all the things you want to. Frustrated with working in the company too much and not enough on the company. The organization is not performing the way you would like it to. I know. I have been there. Over the years I have learned and developed methods to help you get control over your company, your time and your progress to meeting your company objectives.
I am a member of the Houston Angel Network and familiar with what investors look for in startups/small businesses. I was previously a member of Vistage where I met many small business owners and often worked to help some of them resolve issues with their businesses.
If you want results-driven help to grow your business faster, contact me. Let's set up an initial meeting and discuss it further.
Memberships
Houston Angel Network
Vistage(previously)
Children at Risk (on Governing BOD of this non-profit)