ENVISION. PLAN. EXECUTE. ATTAIN.

Sequoyah Associates is a Small Business and

Entrepreneur Advising, Coaching and Consulting

Practice focused on providing winning business

strategies and solutions for full business optimization.

We work exclusively with the Small Business and

New Venture Executive and Entrepreneur, on a one-

on-one basis, first to determine the most critical

issue(s) or pressing problem(s) confronting business

growth, then to recommend a set of strategy solutions

to achieve business growth and optimization.

For the Small Business Enterprise, we begin

with our Four-Step Business Assessment to

determine the present business condition. The

steps are:

1. Business Situation Assessment;

2. Review and Analysis;

3. Solution Recommendation; and

4. Customized Business Growth Plan.

Based on the Four Step Business Assessment,

Strategic Solution(s) are recommended focused

on the attainment of Business Growth

Optimization and include:

Strategy Development

Strategic Plan Development

Business Restructuring/Turnaround

Business Growth Optimization

For the New Venture, Business Startup or

Franchisee, we offer the following strategic

solutions for establishing first-stage business

planning and growth:

Opportunity/Profitability Assessment

Business Plan Development

Business Plan Review

Commercialization Plan Development

STTR/SBIR Grant Development

Our experience suggests that when a Small Business is

optimizing its core business competencies, is structured

to maximize competitive advantages and has a strategic

business growth framework, it is attaining Business

Growth Optimization accomplished through a three–tier

Archetype such as:

The SOLE Framework,

Hedge Hog Model and

Cultural Competitiveness Organization.

Our SOLE Framework will:

Solve business issues and meet strategic objectives,

Optimize growth by meeting customer needs,

Leverage the principle business core competency, and

Establish a competitive baseline to achieve success

The Hedge Hog Model develops three strategic

criteria for establishing Business Growth

Optimization:

What you can be the best in the world at;

What you are most passionate about; and

What drives your economic engine.

The Third Tier in establishing Business Growth

Optimization is to develop a Cultural

Competitiveness Organization

Based on organizational shared values, direction,

mission and belief that the primary focus of an

organization is to:

First Meet Customer Needs, followed by

Employee Empowerment to meet those needs,

Community Involvement,

Common Business Sense Approaches to Conservation, and

Attention to Stockholders Interests.

Solve business issues and meet strategic objectives.

Optimize growth by meeting customer needs.

Establish a competitive baseline to achieve success.

Leverage your principle business core competency.

The SOLE Framework

THE HEDGE HOG MODEL

What you can be the best in the world at.

What you are most

passionate about.

What drives your economic engine.

Customer Needs

Employee Empowerme

nt

Community Involvement

Business Conservation

Stockholders Interests

CULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS

ORGANIZATION

As the Managing Partner for Sequoyah

Associates, Mr. Gerald S. “Sandy” Graham

engages clients focused on the multiple

stages of business growth, where he has a

record of: Successfully attaining business strategy and development

goals,

Achieving business growth initiatives for new ventures and

small business enterprises, with

Expertise in Business Growth and Optimization.

What I provide for you is a first-hand insight to what constitutes success, and how to achieve it. I offer strong value as a proven,

experienced business optimization and growth catalyst where resolve, persistence, dedication, and consistently executing a

winning strategy leads to successful business growth."

Sandy Graham has a 20 year comprehensive track record as a

Business Growth and Optimization Catalyst which has

enabled him to attain strategic business objectives for new

ventures, small business enterprises, franchisees, and global

firms such as IBM Global Services, ESI International, and

Verizon.

Sandy holds an MBA with concentrations in

Entrepreneurship and Management Leadership, a Masters in

Economics, is a 2004 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Intern, is the author of “See the Green$: The Achievement of

Your Entrepreneurial Dreams” scheduled to be released late

2010.

Sequoyah Associates has teamed with strategically

selected firms to offer an expanded set of client offerings:

Business Accelerated Market Expansion & Funding –

Bucknell-Petrilak & Associates at www.b-passociates.com .

Go - To - Market Strategies – ValMark Group Inc

at www.valmarkgroup.net/id34.html.

Mobile & Social Media Marketing– Strategic Growth

Concepts at www.StrategicGrowthConcepts.com.

We invite you to give us a call for a no-costconsultation to discuss how we can help you establishthe strong foundation to achieve your strategic businessobjectives.

All fees and advising and consulting engagement termsare discussed during our consultation providing youwith the requisite information to make the decision onwhen we can get to work in helping you achieve yourgoals.

ENVISION. PLAN. EXECUTE. ATTAIN.

Gerald S. “Sandy” Graham

MANAGING PARTNER

SEQUOYAH ASSOCIATESPhone: 813-389-2725

Email: sandygraham@sequoyahassociates.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sandygrahammba

Twitter: http://twitter.com/seqassoc

Blog: http://sandy1graham.wordpress.com