Discover the power of saying "no" in business. Learn how setting boundaries can boost your success and sanity as an entrepreneur. By saying no to the wrong opportunities, you open the doors to the right ones.

Discover why the age-old adage "the customer is always right" can be detrimental to your business. Learn how balancing respect with firm boundaries leads to better outcomes for both customers and employees, ensuring high-quality service and sustainable growth.

After running The LinkedIn Gal for 9 years as a side hustle and finally launching as a full-time business, Jennifer knew she needed infrastructure for the business to operate under to better meet her business goals. So, she hired JDP Consult to help create a concrete strategic plan with actionable items to transform her business profitability, improve her quality of work, and keep a work-life balance.

Got burning questions about running a business? From one business owner to another, let me tackle them for you. From overcoming slow periods to mastering tough conversations, read on for insights, tips, and strategies to navigate the unpredictable terrain of business ownership.

Sit in on the conversation with My Founder Circle founders Ankita and Emily as we talk about why they started MFC, how they help early-stage women-owned businesses and when to hire a business coach.

Rare Bird Collective, led by Andrea Batt, offers over a decade of event planning expertise, specializing in luxury weddings, exclusive wine tastings, and corporate events. Partnering with JDP Consult in 2022 proved pivotal, refining pricing, marketing, and sales strategies. Even post-collaboration, Andrea implements JDP's solutions as she expands into new territories. Elevate your event planning with Rare Bird Collective and partner with JDP for tailored business solutions today.

When you first start a business, ideas for the products and services may come to you easily. But, when you first start a business, it’s also common that you want to do it all and suddenly, you may find yourself delivering on all the products and services that have you (and your team) being pulled in a million different directions. Cue Rashida McKenzie, a business and life strategist who works with highly ambitious women to achieve their personal & professional success!

I’ve been involved in the community of businesses small and large here in Minnesota for a long time and I’ve had the pleasure of interacting and working with many of them! In honor of Earth Day coming up on Monday, April 22, 2024, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorite sustainable businesses!

I’m sure you’ve heard it plenty of times: “You’ve got to track your numbers! What do your numbers look like? Make sure your numbers are up-to-date!” But numbers shouldn’t be the only metric that you are tracking as a business owner to measure success. There is so much more to the metrics of a business than just the financial numbers. Learn more in this blog.

Entrepreneurship is the journey of starting, developing and growing your very own business. It’s not a new idea by any means, but is becoming a growing position especially amongst women. I’m excited to be sharing my own entrepreneurial story and highlighting the inspiring stories of 3 other incredible female entrepreneurs.

I’m going to be your mythbuster when it comes to starting a business… I’ve done it. Multiple times at that. There are too many expectation and “rules” to starting a business that just no longer apply. Let’s break those myths!

As a business owner and consultant who helps other businesses scale with data-driven decision-making, the numbers are absolutely crucial to helping a business owner not only understand but be able to use them to their benefit. LiveFlow has been an absolute game-changer when it comes to financial reporting.

Moving from freelancing to full-time employment from the company she built, Shelby Stahl at Beloved Social hired JDP Consult because she needed strategic guidance to implement the dreams that she had for her company beyond being a freelancer.

In personal and professional finance, money matters from day one. As with personal and professional goals, it’s important to learn what and how to use your numbers to reach your goal and not scare you out of it. Here are the ultimate business finance terms that you 100% need to know in order to begin understanding your business finances and changing your trajectory for the better.

No matter what type of business you’re in — a solid sales process is important to help you boost your revenue and meet your business goals. A sales process is a set of repeatable steps that you, as a sales person (yes, if you’re a business owner, you’re a sales person!) takes to move a prospective buyer to a closed sale. Learn the steps to a successful sales process.

It’s scary when starting a new business and figuring out how you will define success. Some may see their business scaling right away, but some may take much longer. No business is the same. There is no blueprint for a successful business. But you can design and perfect your own blueprint by understanding the three P’s: Profit & Loss, Processes & Systems, and People.

As an entrepreneur AND a Strategic Integrator that has worked with several Minnesota-based small businesses, I’ve worked with a number of other local resources, organizations, and businesses that have helped to make that magic happen. Show them some love!

Entrepreneurship is the journey of starting, developing and growing your very own business. It’s not a new idea by any means, but is becoming a growing position especially amongst women. I’m excited to be sharing my own entrepreneurial story and highlighting the inspiring stories of 3 other incredible female entrepreneurs in my network, too.

In the wake of the new year, I’m proud to announce a new ~more focused~ JDP Consult Co. This is your reminder that you can recalibrate and change at any time. There are no rules on when you can refocus yourself and business.

I am constantly learning every single day from the content that I’m consuming. Each morning, I’m listening to a podcast and each night, I’m reading a book. Here is my list of the podcasts, newsletters, and books I’ve been consuming this January 2024.