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I can help you get a retail store up and running, morph a craft, artist, or mechanic hobby into a business, figure out what's working or not, and help you make a dime do the work of a dollar until your profit dollars are doing the work for you. Let me hear your ideas and dreams. I converted gas vehicles to electric 30 years ago so nothing sounds crazy to me!

As the Chief Executive Officer of Valor Strategic Solutions, a Veteran-owned, small business consulting firm, I leverage my entrepreneurial skills, military experience, and passion for social change to empower small businesses to overcome challenges and achieve sustainable success. With over three years of experience as a professional photographer, I have a unique perspective on how to craft compelling stories, and engage audiences.

I can help businesses identify continuous improvement strategies, improve their processes and generate ideas that help maximize their efforts with the lowest possible costs.

How to use content to attract, engage, and retain an audience by creating and sharing educational and relevant information.

tutoring and coaching, building from a small base without investment

I can help mentor clients in creating business plans and processes to create powerful client and employee experiences which enable the realization of both business and personal goals.

Bennett Ockrim is an innovative and resourceful professional with a proven track record of developing trusted customer relationships, driving growth and profitability through leading business development (sales) practices, problem solving, recruiting top talent, negotiations, and coaching and mentoring teams. He can help business to reduce their costs, increase their sales, and improve effectiveness, productivity, and efficiency.

I can provide an objective view of most aspects of owning and managing a business, from very small to very large. Special emphasis on finance, marketing, and operations. As a trainer, I can convey complex or technical concepts to all levels within an organization, and enjoy seeing the "aha" moment of understanding. SCORE offers me the opportunity to share concepts and tools I've learned and acquired throughout my professional career, and helps free the entrepreneur to .pursue their craft or passion.

Planning start up business. Developing existing business. Educating regarding business structure, training in customer service, and business management and administration.

As a fellow small business owner and coach, I can bring a practical understanding to the day to day challenges and help you find the right tools and systems to create structure around your goals for weekly progress, marketing, social media and accomplishing tasks to move forward and take action.