


The Advisory Conversation with Thomson
Growing an early stage business means making consequential decisions, navigating uncertainty, and working through challenges that don't always have obvious answers. Sometimes, a good conversation changes how you see things.
Sometimes, what you need isn't another framework, another consultant, or another list of things to do. You need an experienced outside perspective. Someone who can challenge your assumptions, ask better questions, and help you see the situation differently.
That's what my Advisory Conversations are about.
90 minutes. One important issue. A fresh perspective.
Perhaps you're struggling to articulate what makes your business different and why customers should choose you. Maybe you're questioning your strategic direction, trying to figure out what's holding your business back, or wrestling with a consequential decision about your company's future.
These are the kinds of challenges I've spent decades thinking about – as an entrepreneur, business owner, strategic advisor, and creative problem-solver.
Bring me the issue you're wrestling with, and we'll explore it together. I'll draw on that experience to challenge familiar assumptions, examine possibilities, and help you see the situation from a different perspective.
No prescribed methodology. No canned answers. No predetermined agenda beyond the issue that matters to you. Just a focused, thoughtful conversation designed to help you think more clearly about what you're facing.
Is it right for you?
The Advisory Conversation is for founders and entrepreneurs facing strategic questions about their business, its direction, its value to customers, or what it needs to become. You don't need to have everything figured out before we talk. You just need a meaningful issue where experienced strategic thinking could make a difference.
What matters is that our time together is well spent on a question that matters to you.
The details
Format: Private, one-to-one advisory conversation
Duration: 90 minutes
Location: Online
Investment: $450
If you're facing a strategic challenge you'd like to think through with me, send me an email. Tell me a little about the issue you're working through, and we'll take it from there.