What Clients Say

“Paul has helped us make values-based choices to express who we are and how we want to work and grow. He has helped us with business planning, financial analysis, and action steps to help better position our center into new markets. We continue working with Paul for his insights into our partnership and assessing our expansion plans."

Deborah Bowes and Cliff Smyth, Owners of Feldenkrais Center for Movement & Awareness

“Paul offered our team an important space to improve our organizational management. He is responsive, thoughtful, and direct about what steps need to be taken and has been an experienced sounding board for our strategic planning and visioning for business expansion. He is a highly recommended and wonderful resource!”

Shamita Dhar, Co-Owner of Coyote Coast Youth & Family Counseling

“Paul helped me look at why I was hitting a brick wall in my business. He understands family businesses and has insights I did not notice. Paul is easy to work with, has a great sense of humor, and does not pass judgement about the areas where I feel stuck. He is also very connected to the businesses community, which I really like.”

Marty Sanchez, Co-Owner of Casa Sanchez

“We met Paul Terry twenty-five years ago when we co-founded Citizen Film. Paul prepared us by setting us up to thrive as an organization. Paul has continued to counsel us as we have developed into a thriving documentary media not for profit. Citizen Film wouldn’t exist as it does today without his wise counsel support.”

Kate Stilley Steiner, Sophie Constantinou and Sam Ball, Co-Founders of Citizen Film

“It was a wise business decision to reevaluate our business and business partnership and plan next steps. Meeting with Paul Terry over the years has guided our business and our partnership in a new direction. We continue to have on-going consultations with Paul for his resource of business experience and perspective.”

Fred Wallace, President of One Big Man & One Big Truck Moving Company, Inc.

“I’ve been working with Paul since 2015. He has guided me into owning my own coffee shop, to opening the cafe, and understanding how to grow. His advice and guidance are grounded in real and practical ways. Paul was an on-going resource and also helped me negotiate the sale of my business. He is an excellent resource.”

Janette Bachman, Owner of Pupfish Café

“Paul was a terrific help when I decided to sell my event production business after 22 years. He was patient, compassionate, and always worked to find answers when needed. He guided me with attention to detail. Selling my business was a daunting, overwhelming process but he certainly made it much easier with his wise counsel.”

Marika Holmgren, Founder of Do Good Events

“Paul has been instrumental in helping our company with resource management strategies. Paul understands not only the unique needs of small business seeking to grow, but he also understands the need to work with us at the right pace. This sometimes requires both persistence and patience and Paul has a healthy balance of both!”

Ingrid Merriwether, President of Merriwether and Williams Insurance Services

"Paul created the program design for Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, a premier entrepreneurial training programming the country. He was named ‘Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year’ by INC Magazine and the Kauffman Foundation. Partnering with Paul (to me) was an important reason that Renaissance Center has achieved such excellence and its graduates have achieved such success."

Claudia Viek, Past Executive Director of CAMEO & Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

“Paul Terry have been of great value over the last 25 years of our business. Paul is adept at helping us to see beyond the distractions and so critical in all management areas. Paul has been a great asset to our management team as well as guide the lengthy details of our continued ownership transitions of our grocery business.”

Lester Zeidman, President of The Good Life Grocery

"Paul provides essential guidance related to personnel management, financial monitoring, and action planning. His clear thinking and his experience working with many entrepreneurs has helped me to see the road clearly. Paul has been my anchor through the years and I am so lucky to have the best business consultant in the world!”

Carol Gancia, Owner of Ripplemakers/Kokak Chocolates

"Paul has been instrumental in helping our company with resource management strategies. Paul understands not only the unique needs of small business seeking to grow, but he also understands the need to work with us at the right pace. This sometimes requires both persistence and patience and Paul has a healthy balance of both!”

Heidi Gibson, Former Co-Owner of The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen 

"Working with Paul Terry has been an enormous asset as we’ve grown and encountered unforeseen challenges. He helped me tackle seemingly insurmountable tasks with confidence and greater understanding. His decades of experience is a gold mine of information. Working with Paul has been the key to our sustainable success.”

Kyle Minor, Owner of Kyle Minor Design

"Paul Terry is an extraordinary teacher, curriculum designer, and business consultant. Paul’s consulting services have helped Renaissance grow strategically and effectively. Paul brings enormous creativity, intelligence, and experience. His impact has been remarkable – and working with him, a delight.”

Sharon Miller, CEO of Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

"Paul Terry is an excellent small business consultant. “Taking the Renaissance Business Planning class was a pivotal moment for me – the moment I really committed to my business and went all in. I thank Paul for that.. He has an excellent way of helping entrepreneurs face business and emotional hurdles of small business ownership.”

Isobel Schofield, Owner of Bryr Clogs