Small business consulting · Sydney North Shore
Stop just running the business. Start growing it.
Most business owners are just too busy running the business day to day to step back and spot where the growth is. So the picture blurs:
- Numbers that stopped being true months ago
- A gut feel for who your customers are, instead of the real picture
- No clear read on who's coming back — and who's quietly drifting off
We help you see the business clearly and spot where the growth is, so you spend less time reacting and more time staying ahead of whatever comes next.
Flat-fee packages. No retainers required to get started.
How can we help
Three ways in, one goal — a business you can run and grow with clear insight and direction.
Start with any one of these. Most owners begin with a Review, then move to Reveal once they know what's worth tracking.
Review
A clear-eyed look through your business and day-to-day operations to find exactly where money and time are quietly slipping away, and of where new opportunities could be — and what's worth fixing first.
Reveal
One page that tells you how the business is actually doing — revenue, bookings, margin, whatever matters most — so you stop digging through spreadsheets to find out.
Reclaim
We find the manual busywork that's costing you hours every week — reminders, follow-ups, reporting — and set up simple, low-maintenance fixes that keep running without you.
How it works
Four steps. No jargon, no long contracts.
Every engagement starts free, so you know exactly what you'd be paying for before you commit to anything.
Free discovery call
20 minutes on the phone. We talk through what's slowing you down and whether we're a fit — no pitch deck.
Review & diagnose
We go through your numbers, your tools, and how work actually flows day to day — then show you what we found.
Build
Dashboard, automations, or both — built around what you actually need to check, not a generic template.
Handover & check-in
You get a walkthrough, plain-language notes, and a 30-day check-in to make sure it's still being used, not gathering dust.
"Most small business owners aren't short on effort. They're short on a second set of eyes."
Thistle & Tally works with small businesses across Sydney's North Shore — cafés, studios, trades, and boutique retailers who are cash-flow sensitive, time-poor, and data-poor. Most are tracking things in a notebook, a memory, or a spreadsheet nobody's opened since last quarter.
I bring 25+ years of programming, engineering, IT leadership, and product management experience to the work — helping organisations grow their customers and revenue. That means systems thinking, plain language, and a habit of asking what problem we're actually solving before reaching for a tool. No dashboards for the sake of dashboards, no automation you have to babysit.
Get in touch
Start with a free 20-minute call.
Tell us a bit about your business and what's slowing you down. No obligation, no sales pitch — just a straight conversation.