Serving Small Businesses in the Greater Houston Area Since 1986
Silver Fox Advisors works with small business owners, CEOs, and entrepreneurs to help objectively solve problems. Drawing from extensive experience, a Silver Fox mentor or advisor provides keen insight to help business leaders solve daily business challenges, make key decisions, and follow through with strategic planning, plan execution, and policy/procedure documentation for the business.
Each case study cited below follows the same format:
Advice from an experienced Silver Fox Advisor concerning what not to do is as valuable as guidance and suggestions on what should be done!! COMPANY START-UP Four people who knew each other well (a saleswoman, a commercial artist, a copywriter, and a physical fitness instructor) shared a common interest in their own physical fitness. They wanted to capitalize
COMPANY A well-known Company in enamel-on-steel cookware was the first to bring color, tempered glass lids, stay cool stainless steel handles and high quality non-stick em1 to the market. Their customers include quality retailers and mail-orders who require dependable, timely shipments and service. The assembly and warehousing of the Company’s cookware line is accomplished in their 40,000 square foot
COMPANY A Silver Fox Advisor had been mentoring for about a year. The new Client was in the commercial interior build-out business. PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED For three years, the Company: Had been stuck on about $7 million in annual sales with profits diminishing each year, Had a good reputation, good people, good potential and good sales contacts, Needed
COMPANY A Silver Fox Advisor Client has been the Owner of several restaurants in the Houston area for the last 25 years. The return on investment, pre-tax net, has been approximately 100%. The Owner’s business assumptions had been that the Owner should be involved 100% in the business, or else the business should be sold and the Owner
COMPANY The Silver Fox Advisor Client is the Owner of an importing business which is supplying brass, aluminum and garden products that are made in Turkey, Germany, the Philippines and other countries to domestic outlets. The Owner was recently divorced. PROBLEM ENCOUNTERED The major problems included: over bought inventory; too much capital tied up in security deposits for
Company 1 The main line of business is the repair and service of large centrifuges for use in the maritime and oil industries. This Company is owned by two individuals who have been business partners for a number of years. To protect each other and assure the Company would be able to remain in business