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

Ron P. Wacks has spent the past 40 years working in organizational and business development. Many of those years were spent crafting a higher level of networking and partnership development skill sets, which led Ron to write a definitive book, "Power Networking: How to Solve any Problem by Connecting with the Right Person". Ron uses the book as a guide in seminars and national consultant work. Ron has authored hundreds of articles is frequently quoted as a national microbusiness leader who speaks on issues that affect microbusinesses and entrepreneurs. Ron is the CEO of the Microbusiness Strategies and also produces the IssuesLive National Forum Series, the first national dialogue and needs assessment for microbusinesses. Ron was one of eight Featured Speakers at the IFIA Conference in Budapest, Hungary in August 2007. The IFIA membership represents 84 countries and the Conference theme was Innovation in the Age of Globalization. Ron spoke on 'Innovation and Microbusinesses' and was the first American speaker in their 39-year conference history. Ron served for eight years as President/CEO of the American Association of Microbusinesses. Ron was a member of the Obama National Small Business Advisory Committee during the Presidential campaign and worked with the Transition Team afterward. He currently works on small and microbusiness issues in the context of the economic recovery plan and economic policy development. In 2003, the SBA recognized Ron for his work with microbusinesses by awarding him the Home-Based Business Advocate of the Year awards for Minnesota and the Midwest Region. Ron was also recognized in 2004 by the Aspen Institute in Washington D.C. in its Best Practice Guide for entrepreneurial service providers called, "Staying Connected: Building Entrepreneurial Networks". Ron is a trained chef and loves cooking, traveling, teaching, public speaking, working on quality political campaigns, and is a happy single father of his daughter, Alyssea.

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. In addition to her status as a technology guru, Lori is an expert at monetizing ideas and program management - keeping multitudes of plates spinning in the air with no breakage.  Her passion is working with microbusinesses and inventors in collaborative ways to assist them to make remarkable progress with the aid of technology, solid planning and authentic collaboration. Team 55: A national team of experts Microbusinesses Strategies enjoys the services of 55 team members who have the widest variety of expertise and experience in business and organizational development, innovation, planning, marketing, market research, problem solving and all phases of start-up.  The Microbusiness Strategies Team is comprised of members from all over the United States and several in Europe.