Have questions about running your business?

Our small business consultants can help you work through your questions and advise you on business operations and growth strategy. Share your ideas and challenges with professional business strategists and established small business owners to make better, informed decisions about:

• Marketing
• Finance
• Strategy

Note: Each session lasts 50 minutes. Please bring specific questions as well as your current bookkeeping system and arrive 10 minutes early for your session to complete the required intake paperwork.

Requirements

• You must be a Mercy Corps Northwest loan client or Foundations student haveing completed up to week 4 of your class.  If you do not meet this criteria, please call 503-896-5087.
• Cost: $25 per session, advanced registration is required.

About the Consultant

“Do what you mean and mean what you say. It’s about follow-through, consistency and acting with a purpose.”

Hands-on and fearlessly curious, Rachel Crocker values engagement above all else. Her love of storytelling (perhaps inspired by her affinity for TED Talks) is evident in her business communications, and she’s able to bring even the most formidable concepts down to earth. From anticipating operational snafus to experimenting at home in the kitchen, Rachel is living a life that constantly keeps her challenged and stimulated.

Rachel has built her career around a drive to improve, learn and engage. She spent more than seven years pursuing her passion for health and social services by managing data reviews, supervising operational staff, and collaborating with hospital leadership in roles at Cardon Outreach and Huron Consulting Group. She holds an MBA from Marylhurst University and a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University.