Reclaim your business bliss

For leaders seeking clarity and smart strategy for the way ahead.

 

Is your passion being undermined by the business of running your business?

Are you feeling stuck, out of control or overwhelmed?

Does growth feel impossible because your systems and processes aren’t up to the task? 

Afraid to look at your numbers? Not quite sure what “your numbers” means?

Maybe you know where you want to go, but not how to get there? 

If so, let me introduce myself.

I’m Sarah, and I’d love to lead you through your current roadblock to a place of greater strength.

Chances are, you went into business because of a passion for a product or service, not because you loved business operations.

But operations—making things work for greater profit—is my jam.

I’m on a mission to get business leaders back on track by aligning their behind-the-scenes with their business dreams.

Learn more about my 30 years solving problems as a systems thinker.

About Sarah

What it’s like to work with me.

In each engagement, I take a rigorous approach to understanding your business—your challenges, goals, current situation—analyzing the information, and synthesizing all the moving parts into a customized, "just-right" solution. 

And I do it with a spirit of partnership and creativity, caring deeply about you and your business. I'm invested in your success. I create business solutions with an eye toward identifying and reducing your risk. But, that doesn't mean I take the most well-traveled road—in fact, I'll never be drawn to an opinion or course of action simply because it's popular. Instead, I make decisions based on what will be the best outcome for you. 

My solutions include multiple components including:

  • Strategic Decision Making

  • Financial Management

  • Operations

  • Systems and Processes

  • Documentation

  • Training

  • “I own a small design firm that grew much faster than I had anticipated. I reached out to Sarah because my books were a complete mess and I didn’t know where—or how—to start getting my financial act together. I’d never paid my quarterly taxes, I didn’t know what a P&L was, I had never even reconciled my accounts. I was a mess!

    “Sarah patiently talked me down from the ledge, walked me through my options, and designed a way forward that fits my work style and industry. I now utilize her monthly as ongoing support and I consider her an absolutely essential part of my growing business.

    “Quick to respond, nonjudgemental, endlessly patient with repetitive questions… she’s a find and I’m so lucky to have found her!”

    -Sarah Gee, Interior Stylist, Sarah Gee Interiors LLC

  • “Sarah is a breath of fresh air for small business owners like myself.

    “As an incredibly knowledgeable, supportive and strategic consultant and advisor, she is one of my most trusted voices in all things business, finance, and operations.

    “I appreciate her candor and her skills, as much as I appreciate her kindness and obvious care for her work and her clients.”

    -Hannah Zollman, Founder and Principal, Mission Driven Consulting

  • “We are a small but growing non-profit hunger-relief organization, and wanted to consider offering health benefits to our staff for the first time. With the pandemic, our team was spending every waking moment on programming - which meant bigger, less-urgent projects like this just kept getting pushed further back on the To-Do List. A mutual friend recommended Sarah McNamara Solutions, and what a difference Sarah made! She asked all the right questions, presented very thorough research on all of our options, walked me through her written summary, and followed up on additional questions that arose - all with very minimal guidance from me. We are now in the process of finalizing our benefits selections, and feel much more informed thanks to Sarah!”

    -Robin Peacock, Executive Director, MEND

  • “Sarah swooped in at the perfect time to save me and my business from our Quickbooks Online account that was not kept in good order by my outsourced bookkeeper. I was very intimidated by the prospect of learning QBO, but Sarah was so patient and took the time to make sure I understood each step.

    “With her help I was able to fix the prior years' books, and can now manage them moving forward. I feel more in control of my business now and able to take away insights from QBO.”

    -Danielle Schwab, Founder, Illuminate Food

 Are you ready to unstick your business and make smarter moves with a strategist who gets things done?