Our Story
Welcome to Strategic Thinktank
Founded in 1994, Strategic Thinktank, Inc. is a small business advisory consultancy offering practical and results-driven strategic solutions to small and mid-sized (SMB) businesses.
Our consulting practice is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
We have over 25 years’ experience counseling, mentoring and coaching startups, and growing small and mid-sized businesses.
Testimonials
What People are Saying
Ara Topouzian
Ms. Nancy Marshall
, Aluminum Supply Company
Lola has been a tremendous resource for our Corporation and for me personally. We have used her on several occasions through the Small Business Development Center. She has assisted us with all processes of our day to day business. We will continue to rely on her expertise to help us grow!
Dr. Diana Wong
, OD, & Entrepreneurship at Eastern Mich U; CEO & President, Sensei Change Associates, LLC
Lola provides a unique portfolio of talent to solve problems in challenging business situations. She has a clear understanding of priorities when situations make it difficult for others to move forward. Based on a variety of challenges, I witness how Lola engages others to collaborate and solve problems in a positive manner. Lola moves through our world with a high level of graciousness that supports her ability to build high quality relations, develop others, and help unravel bureaucracy.
E Hudson
, Nubian Computing Technology Innovators
Professional, thorough, pleasant, candid, helpful, encouraging, knowledgeable, wise, empathetic, flexible, process-oriented, communicative, idealistic, creative, clever and savvy are all the terms which describe my experience as a result of the services that Lola offered my business.
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Our News And Events
Small Businesses Are Borrowing Again, Mostly on Lines of Credit
New lending followed, and businesses are borrowing to operate rather than to grow. A line of credit funds working capital: payroll, inventory, and the cash-flow gaps that open when customers pay slowly. A term loan funds expansion. The figures show which businesses are reaching for: total new loan balances rose 9.9% from a year earlier, but new lines of credit rose 31.1% while new term loans slipped 0.9%.
The Smallest Firms Are Carrying the Heaviest Load
The more durable response is to focus on what you can control: your own numbers, not industry sentiment or averages. Review your cash position, pricing power, and cost structure now, while you have room to make changes on your own terms. Strengthen your financial foundation so you can absorb pressure and respond quickly when conditions shift.
Capital Readiness Is a Strategic Question
his is why capital readiness is better understood as strategic rather than financial. The advantage is not access to capital. It is the flexibility to pursue an expansion, weigh an acquisition, or enter a new market when the opening appears.
