Before we launched Beatitudo Consulting LLC as a stand alone business, Michelle had been quietly consulting for small business owners, political campaigns, and non-profit organizations off and on for decades. Most of the work was helping find resources to solve specific problems, like finding venues or vendors or sourcing talent. Other times it was more complex, helping an organization’s leadership to not just prepare for changes but to change their mindset to be open to exploring opportunities they hadn’t considered or dismissed.

After leaving Big4 consulting last year, Michelle received a call to help a small established consulting firm that had a potential opportunity that was at a scale they had never considered possible for their firm at this point in their journey. It required pulling together subject matter experts across multiple disciplines, exploring upgrading the company’s own systems and processes, and it required structure and organization on a level that this firm hadn’t attempted before. It was a beast of a proposal. It required finding Project Managers, Legal, Human Resources, Accountants, Systems Architects, Programmers, and more to fill key personnel roles.

Working on that proposal reinforced an idea that Michelle had been toying with for years. She knows people. She knows people who know people. She has fielded calls for years from people who need people. So how could she bring her network of people into a structure to help other clients with their need for people? Michelle decided it was time to take the leap and create Beatitudo Consulting LLC, and turn her passion for connecting people with the right resources to people with a need for those resources into a company available to any small or mid-size business.

Michelle reached out to that consulting firm she worked with to design that proposal and asked, as one does, if they would mind writing a short blurb for the Beatitudo website about their experience with her and recommend the company she was forming.

What Local Impact Analytics sent back was not a blurb. It’s a full length letter that you can read below:

“There is a rare kind of consultant who can look at a complex web of challenges and see not just a way through, but a way up. Michelle Bliss is that rare find.

Going into the 10th year of our company, we reached a point where we decided to expand our impact, which necessitated meaningful growth. We quickly realized the systems and processes that had served us to that point were the same ones that were preventing us from reaching our next goals. What had suited the company we had been was not going to suit the company we were intent on becoming. When our business reached that critical juncture, we were facing the daunting “growing pains” that every founder dreads: a labyrinth of compliance, the logistical nightmare of scaling, and the high-stakes challenge of recruiting the right talent. Michelle stepped in with a perfect blend of corporate experience, grit, creativity, and intuition that we needed. At a significant inflection point in our company’s life, Michelle quickly became a trusted advisor.

What makes Michelle exceptional is the diversity of her background. She possesses the sharp, analytical mind of an experienced researcher, the vigilance and risk awareness of an attorney, the ability to build and navigate systems of a veteran corporate leader, and a balance of candid honesty and empathy of a teacher who truly loves to teach. She didn’t just give us a standard roadmap; she navigated the terrain with us, ensuring the soul of our small company remained intact while our infrastructure became prepared for sustainable growth.

Thanks to Michelle’s guidance, we are now in a significantly stronger, more sustainable position to expand than I ever thought possible. If you are looking for someone who understands the dynamics of a team as well as the mechanics of a business, Michelle Bliss is the partner you need.

Sincerely,

Alex Pickle Co-Founder
LOCAL IMPACT ANALYTICS”