Threaded Solutions
A skilled partner to help you improve your business
What We Do
Leverage our focus & expertise to improve your business performance & stress level.Providing your small business or startup the time, knowledge and tools to improve quickly. Creating impactful plans with you AND doing the hard work to implement them so you can:
- Serve your customers better
- Maximize your resources
- Improve your cash position
- Spend less time on administrative tasks
- Adapt to your rapidly changing market
- Know how you’re performing
- Reduce your stressNot ready for a larger project and just want consistent help achieving your goals?
Check out our fixed monthly plan option.
Working With Us
Getting started is simple. Schedule a no-cost 20 minute virtual introductory meeting at your convenience. We partner with you to make AND implement a plan to achieve your goals. We don't just provide advice, we help you get the job done!
Why Threaded Solutions?
Knowledge and experience in the areas of business that matter to your customers' experience, business profitability, and growth. Confidence in your path & performance.
Threaded Solutions - What We Do
Threaded Solutions exists to help entrepreneurs & small business owners who do not have the time, expertise, or cash to launch, improve, or grow their businesses to their full potential.Founders and owners benefit from our best practices, time, and knowledge through part-time COO, CFO, consulting, and project implementation resources that generate impact for your business faster.Some examples of Threaded Solutions' scope:
- Process standard operation procedures (SOPs) - standardize your operations
- Plan development and implementation - build confidence in your path
- Market, product, or industry research - make data-driven decisions
- Capital plan development & execution - fund your business
- Process creation, improvement & digitization - increase your efficiency & effectiveness
- Automation & AI implementation - improve responsiveness & consistency
- Pricing & profitability measurement, strategy, & implementation - optimize your business model
- Financial forecasting & analysis - make decisions confidently
- Software selection & implementation - use the right tools well
- Custom software development project management - maximize your tech ROI
- Team & incentive structure design + job descriptions to implement - increase & utilize your talent
- Vendor selection, negotiation & implementation - partner effectively
- Metrics/dashboard definition & build - always know where you stand
- Customer acquisition assessment, strategy & implementation - grow in your target markets
- Help when you don't know where to start!
Working With Threaded Solutions
Simple process:
1. A twenty minute virtual intro. Schedule an intro here
2. You provide information for a snapshot of your current situation
3. You receive an initial proposal and we have a working session to agree on a plan, goals, and terms
3. Execute an agreement and begin working on your business togetherSimple approach:
- Inventory of your current state ー snapshot of where you are today
- Set priorities & objectives ー set ideal state for your customers & business
- Modify team skills, processes, activities - decide how you will operate
- Select, customize & implement tech solutions ー use the tools that support your team & goals
- Access your performance anytime & anywhere - always know where you standClear principles:
- Curiosity about business models, available tools, and the knowledge of the people closest to processes and problems
- Systems thinking approach to better understand and critically evaluate processes, macro context, incentives, and likely outcomes of your business, policies, and systems
- Kindness and empathy toward customers, vendors, employees, and their communities to build trust, lasting relationships, and the ability to hear and tell the truthLooking forward to meeting you and exploring how Threaded Solutions can support your success!
Why Threaded Solutions?
Aaron Sandstrom
Founder, Threaded Solutions
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I thread together diverse experiences and skills to craft forward-looking plans, implement them, and provide the tools to make changes over time. I offer you focus, knowledge, and time with an owner's mindset to do the real work to improve your business. I can invest in you by aligning my fees to your performance.A few ways I've helped business owners & startup founders achieve their goals:
- Acquisition due diligence, deal support, and post-acquisition integration
- New field service operations system selection & implementation to improve productivity
- Business plans and financial models to successfully raise outside capital
- Comprehensive process documentation to enable new hire onboarding & consistent service delivery
- MVP customer facing & internal system development that enabled a started to book their first $75K+ in revenue
- Task automations saving labor cost & reducing mistakes
- Software development data modeling & project scope documentation
- Partnership and other deal negotiations to align incentives & mitigate risks
- Digital marketing experiments & ROI evaluation
- Sourcing & standing up payroll, insurance, sales tax filing, and other critical back office capabilitiesOver my 15-year prior corporate career in Minnesota, I’ve been accountable for creating new capabilities and successful outcomes balanced across operations, technology, business development, finance and capital management. A few highlights include:
- Accessed new funding sources by creating a $7B asset-backed securitization funding facility with regulated financial institutions and a new financial participation structure and servicing platform that resulted in $250-$300M annual asset sales to financial institutions
- Created performance visibility and profitable incentives by delivering an automated transaction and asset performance measurement platform and margin-focused sales incentive compensation plan
- Evaluated and invested in companies by deploying >$25M capital to venture and minority investments via an investment thesis and deal pipeline developed from scratch
- Built a new team and business line by launching the fastest growing last mile delivery fleet program in North America and grew it from zero to 30k vehicles operated by independent small businesses supported by new products, customer engagement models, technology, and processesI launched my own company to help more startups and small businesses be successful for the owners, their employees, and their customers. It would be a privilege to make a difference for you and your company!
Feeling behind on your business goals?
Let Us Help. Tandem by Threaded Solutions
You don't have to do it all for your business, even if you can't yet afford a management or executive or team. Pursue your goals and more cash flow in tandem with a focused & talented resource. Get there faster with less effort!How will it work?
1. A dedicated day (or equivalent hours) or two each month to complete critical work for you
2. $1,500 flat expense per day - no surprises
3. No hassle finding, informing, or onboarding a resource for each new request - we're already up to speed!
4. Short monthly check-in so we have current context to help you where you need it most (no charge)
5. Scope & agree on a budget for larger project work if needed (e.g. systems changes, acquisitions -- optional)What can you do for me?
- Think of us as an on-demand business partner, including delivering items such as:
- Standard operating procedure documents
- Process improvements & automation
- Well crafted pitches, proposals, & documents
- Incentive plans
- Spreadsheet & no code tools
- Budgets & forecast models
- Detailed performance or decision analysis
- Software evaluations & rollout support
- Key topic, partner, or investor research
- Dashboard design, creation & monitoring
- Deal evaluation & negotiation
- Sounding board & candid feedback
- **Other big or small items to just get you through the month! **What won't you do for me?
- Bookkeeping 1
- Run payroll 1
- Customer service
- Pay or file taxes 1
- Digital marketing 11 We'll help you find an effective provider & successfully transition to them if needed