• Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
• About.com : Small Business Information
• Inc.
• Business Week : Small Business News
• Score/SBA
• Small Business School, Inc.

Our Mission:

To bring together CEOs and Owners to share the passion and challenges of growing a company and provide a peer to peer learning environment where sharing experiences from an owners perspective leads to building larger enterprises.

CEO Council

We're all about helping forward-thinking CEOs and business owners build thriving companies and lead fulfilled lives. If you've been looking for a relentlessly practical program with a real-world focus combined with a bottom-line perspective, you're in the right place.

No business leader has ever built success alone. Our format combines the best of a like-minded peer counsel with an ongoing program of accountability and "get-it-done" tools.

Given that our lives are absorbed with running our businesses, the CEO Council provides you the time, perspective, and peer expertise to make sure you stay focused on your goals regardless of the day-to-day crises and inevitable distractions that endanger your company's growth.

Your trusted peer board

In an atmosphere of complete confidentiality, members discuss key business issues and establish a singular level of trust. You will get invaluable insights, advice and recommendations you can't get from anyone else.

Structured business curriculum

Monthly, CEO Council members discuss best-practice business topics through a growth-centered lens. You'll benefit from the depth and breadth of material in the CEO Council. You will do what it takes to get your business off "autopilot" and (finally) kick your business into high gear. You will also take back control of your growth, revenues and profits. This is "learn today, apply tomorrow" material with proven business impact.

Scott Simons helps business owners build strong companies and personal wealth.

Services are designed to help companies that are experiencing:

• Financial challenges or limited/no access to growth capital
• Slow growth/no growth
• Sales challenges
• Lack of strategic focus
• Uncontrolled or inconsistent growth
• Lack of effective market penetration
• Difficulty attracting/retaining high performing employees

Additional Services:

• Succession planning
• Mergers and Acquisitions

The toughest challenge in American business today is that of leading a smaller company.

Although a founder or owner may have the vision and enthusiasm for their business, the only way to successfully grow a company is to have a clear understanding of goals and tie those into actionable growth plans.

Scott uses back-to-basics management and old school profitability analysis to ensure lasting business growth and to build secure personal wealth for business owners.

The difference is remarkable: we implement a reliable, repeatable process which produces a consistent result time and again. This is a business algorithm that is measurable, quantifiable, and provable.

With experience on "both sides of the table" and know firsthand what it takes to start, grow and sustain a business. Scott will work with you one-on-one to boost profitability and productivity in all facets of your company including Finance, Operations, Sales, Marketing and Human Resources.