Small Seed ConsultingFounded 2022
Turning vision into
a strategy the whole
team can act on.
Strategy, operations and planning for small businesses and non-profit organizations ready for their next stage of growth.
For a growing organization, the vision is rarely the problem. The challenge is turning it into something the team can act on week to week. That’s the work: clear strategy, sound operations, and a roadmap that makes every step forward deliberate.
What this is
Strategy that fits the organization you actually have.
Small Seed Consulting works directly with founders, leadership teams and non-profit leaders. We start by auditing how the organization really operates, then build the strategy and the roadmap that carry it to the next stage.
Most clients come to us at the same moment: things are working, but the way they’re working won’t survive the next stage of growth. Without a clear strategy and roadmap, organizations miss opportunities, underserve the people they exist for, and quietly burn out the people holding it all together.
Every engagement ends the same way: with a plan the team owns, and the confidence to keep running it.
Who we work with
The work splits two ways.
Building revenue and advancing a mission call for different plans. Choose the path that fits your organization.
Take the business to the next level.
Growth doesn’t come from working harder. It comes from a plan that connects the vision to what actually happens on Monday morning. Without one you get missed opportunities, inefficiency and burnout, and every one of those costs time, money and energy.
Strategy & RoadmappingClarity on where you're going
An honest audit of where the business stands today, long-term goals set against it, and a 90-day roadmap laying out the real steps in the order they need to happen.
Operations & Process DesignStop the leaks
Finding where the business leaks time and money, then developing and documenting the processes that close the gap, so the same problem doesn't need solving twice.
Growth ReadinessStructure before scale
Putting the structure in place before the growth arrives, so a breakout month becomes a milestone instead of a crisis.
Amplify the impact.
The mission is to create change, whether that’s in one neighbourhood or across the globe. But without a clear plan, even the most dedicated effort falls short. Strategic planning isn’t only for organizations chasing profit. It’s how a non-profit makes sure its resources actually move the mission.
Strategic PlanningTurning vision into action
Passion scatters without a plan. We work with the organization to build a strategic plan that ties the mission to measurable goals, so every part of the operation pulls the same direction and the team stays focused instead of burnt out.
Impact Measurement & ReportingShow the impact with confidence
Funding and trust both depend on proving the work matters. We help establish key performance measures, set up monitoring and evaluation, and turn the results into reporting that shows donors and stakeholders exactly what their support produced.
Research & Community ConsultationInformed by the people you serve
Good programs start with understanding the community. We design and run research and consultation initiatives, gathering the insight that makes an initiative genuinely responsive and building stronger community relationships along the way.
Client love
Don’t take our word for it.
“She made learning fun and easy.”
Yosra’s workshops provided a ton of value and everyone learned so many new concepts to apply to their businesses. Even though it was a lot of new information, all of the content we went through was practical and she made learning easy and fun.
Ashleigh M.
“I had a clear visual map of where my growing business could go.”
I would definitely recommend consulting with Small Seed Consulting and speaking with Yosra because after our first video conference I had a clear visual map of where my growing business could go. Yosra is very understanding and gracious, and that really worked for me.
Katrina Filman
Who runs it
Hi, I’m Yosra.
I’ve spent ten years in strategy, operations and supply chain across retail, government and e-commerce. I’ve taught operations at the post-secondary level, led strategy engagements with executive teams, and built a career out of turning complicated requirements into plans that people can actually execute.
Small Seed Consulting is where that experience goes to work. What our clients learn from us is evergreen. It keeps working long after the engagement ends.
- Professor of OperationsTaught operations management at the post-secondary level, building the curriculum and teaching the same concepts I apply in client work.
- Certified facilitatorDesign and lead strategy sessions and workshops, including engagements with C-suite stakeholders.
- Ten years in industryStrategy, operations and supply chain across retail, government and e-commerce.
- Cross-functional leadershipLed teams and translated complex requirements across stakeholders at every level of an organization.
