Strategic planning & operations
consulting for solo small business owners

Your days are full: doing hands-on work to serve your customers, making all the business decisions, staying on top of your finances, marketing, sales, operations…whew!

Not to mention finding time to think deeply about what your business goals really are, and how to achieve them.

As time goes on, you’re dealing with more complexity, increasingly difficult decisions, and less mental space to focus on the parts of your business you love the most.

Sound familiar? I can help.

Let’s work together to reclaim your time, strengthen your business, and move decisively toward your goals.

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Hi! I’m Courtney, owner of Catbird Consulting.

I’ve worked in business strategy & operations for my entire career—from being one of the first employees at a music tech startup, to leading Strategy & Operations teams at Google, to owning a fine dining restaurant in my hometown of Buffalo, NY.

My career path has taken me all over the place. But these wide-ranging experiences gave me an important insight: corporations employ hundreds of people who specialize in building strong operations and targeted strategic plans—the job I had at Google—but small business owners often don’t have access to that type of individualized support.

I believe that expert-level operations and strategy support shouldn’t be a luxury. So I started Catbird Consulting to help small business owners strengthen their businesses and plan strategically for success.

Learn more about me, the services I offer, or see what I’m up to on Instagram.

Work With Me

Let’s connect on a free 30 minute call where we’ll chat about your business and how I can help you create a plan to achieve your goals, or streamline your operational tasks to get your time (and sanity) back. Bring your questions about me, my work, or anything else you’d like to know.

After we chat, I’ll share a custom proposal that includes project timeline and pricing, and we’ll move forward from there.

What My Clients Are Saying

“Just talking about my business to another person and getting their thoughts and feedback was so cathartic. I felt like so many thoughts, ideas, and questions that kept spinning in my head finally had an outlet.”
—Katie Addo, Goldy Way

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“Our work has given me a plan of action, and steps to take, that feel good toward making that progress. What a relief to feel like I’m taking care of my business with someone I trust!”
—Meg Howe, Alice, Ever After Books

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“Courtney helped me to prioritize my goals and ensure that they aligned with my core values to lay down a foundation for growth. I loved the methodical approach and the clear organization of the process.”
—Heather Thurman, Upstate Indie Weddings

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“As someone who is not business savvy, it was helpful to have a fresh set of eyes look at my business and take the emotion, if you will, out of it. So glad I signed up!”
—Joanne Smith, Grace+Clay Esthetics

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