Our team is your team
We give you the highest level of expertise on the microbusiness demographic, market and constituency;
Stakeholders will not find this caliber of experience with microbusinesses and expertise in relating with them anywhere else in the United States.
Values We Share with you
The Strategies team is committed to its mission of serving microbusinesses by serving those who serve microbusinesses. Our team understands that it’s about what you do and how you do it—the what and the how. We also understand that we are an elite team who has unparalleled expertise about microbusinesses and experience with them as a part of who we are. We value the mission, objectives and vision of our clients and those who serve microbusinesses just as we value the unique expertise and talent we have to offer to help those client objectives and visions be realized. We also take seriously that those client objectives and visions are not one-sided—it’s not just about the client—the provider. It cannot be. Client objectives, visions and especially their approaches and attitudes must be multi-faceted and truly serve microbusinesses in a mutual interest to be truly successful and sustainable. That’s where the Strategies Team and our values make the difference.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
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Ron Wacks
Co-Founder, CEO
Ron P. Wacks, a native of the San Francisco bay area, has served in various leadership positions on (24) boards of directors, commissions and task forces since 1970. He has extensive experience in program and policy development, strategic planning, resource and partnership development, advocacy, legislative development, organizational improvement, curriculum development, customer service, public speaking and training, large event coordination, volunteer program management, creative & resourceful problem solving and elite power networking.
Ron served for eight years as President and CEO of the American Association of Microbusinesses, a non-profit professional association of microbusinesses and entrepreneurs. Ron oversaw the educational curriculum, partnership development, and general operations of the association including chairing its Board of Directors. He also co-chaired its annual Small Business Expo & Conference, the largest small business event in the Midwest…that started in 1999 in a school gym.
Ron was one of eight Featured Speakers at the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA) Conference in Budapest, Hungary on August 10-11, 2007. The IFIA membership represents 84 countries and the 2007 Conference theme was Innovation in the Age of Globalization. Ron’s topic was Innovation and Microbusinesses. The title of his presentation to this international audience was “Microbusinesses are from Venus; Big Business is from Pluto”.
In 2003, the United States Small Business Administration recognized Ron for his work with home-based microbusinesses by awarding him the Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year awards for Minnesota and the Midwest Region. In January of 2005, Ron was also named to the Board of Directors of the New York-based Microbusiness Research Institute where he currently serves as its Vice-Chair. Read More...
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Lori L. Lorenz, MS/MOT
COO
Lori is Microbusiness Strategies' Chief Operating Officer. Her 20 years of information technology experience and active research in the management of technology generates profitable strategies for managing collaboration, new business development and
intellectual property.
Her experience spans corporate life at Providian Corporation in Louisville Kentucky as an Information Technology Consultant, to entrepreneurial life as a web designer and business consultant in Minneapolis. She also has experience transforming business processes in multiple industries such as newspaper publishing, book publishing, DOD uranium foundry, financial/insurance industry, computer retail, network infrastructure, photography
and fashion.
Lori is currently focusing on developing collaborative business models that tap Core Passion to create the fusion of human energy and business energy. |
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