Ronald Finklestein

“Small Business Success Expert” “Entrepreneur.” “Passionate” “Leader.” “Motivator.” “Get Results.” “Team Builder.” This is how business leaders and clients describe Ron. After a successful consulting career, Ron has spent the past 6 years building his business AKRIS LLC and helping entrepreneurs and business owners build their businesses by helping them solve the tough problems that hold them back. Ron is called The Small Business Success Expert by his clients because of his passion for their success and his knowledge of business. Ron is passionate about making a difference in people’s lives by helping them to achieve their business and personal goals and dreams.

Ron has experience in working with businesses across a wide range of industries and on every aspect of a business, from information technology to marketing, leadership to sales, allowing him to offer practical and proven ideas and strategies to improve any business. Ron knows and understands that all successful people exhibit seven behaviors and he has build products to help implement these behaviors in businesses of all sizes. Because of the depth of breadth of Ron’s experience, he can quickly and decisively see and identify business and personal challenges, identify innovative solutions and create opportunities out of most any problem.

Ron is well known in the business community for his leadership abilities, creativity, innovation and energy. He co-created a business conference in Northeast Ohio called Celebrating Success! NEO Business Conference (www.neobusinessconference.org). For the last several years, this conference showcased over 60 successful businesses and allowed each business the opportunity to share what they did to be successful (with an emphasis on lessons learned).

Ron has an established reputation for building strong relationships and using those relationships to help others enhance their own personal and professional success. Ron is a frequent speaker and presenter on various business topics including Building Businesses, Leadership, The Platinum Rule®, Attitudes and Behaviors of Success, Sales and Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategies and Business Mastery. Ron is involved with numerous business, non-profit organizations and initiatives as part of his personal commitment to personal and professional growth and the growth of his clients.

Ron has owned his business since 2002, AKRIS LLC. AKRIS LLC focused on helping grow and improve small businesses:

• Twenty-five years of Fortune 1000 consulting experience
• Author of Celebrating Success! 14 Ways to Create a Successful Company (www.yourbusinesscoach.net). This is a study of small businesses and what they do to be successful.
• Ron is also coauthor of The Platinum Rule for Small Business Mastery (www.celebrating-success.com) with Dr. Tony Alessandra and Scott Zimmerman. This book helps business owners understand how to get the best from employees in your organization.
• Owner of AKRIS LLC, which provided business coaching and consulting services to business owners and entrepreneurs to help them build a better business.
• Executive Director of Business Leadership Association, a nonprofit that raises money for leadership training.
• Creator of The AKRIS Business Mastery Advisory Board (www.businessmasterynow.com). This board allows business owners to learn from, grow and prosper by understanding that multiple minds are more effective in making effective decisions than any single mind.

Currently, Ron resides in Akron, Ohio where he is President of AKRIS LLC. He spends his time consulting, coaching small business owners to greater success, writing and speaking about how to implement success strategies in business.

Over the years Ron has spoken to or for business groups, chambers of commerce, community groups, associations, in-house training programs, continuing education programs, seminars, lunch and learns, workshops, etc. Participants and attendees have described Ron as “energizing”, “enthusiastic”, “fun”, “engaging”, “motivational”, “thoughtful”, “informative”, “inspiring”, “effective”, and “motivating.” If you are interested in learning how Ron can help you in your business or to have Ron speak to your business, team, organization, association or group, contact him at (330) 990-0788 or ron@akris.net.