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Toptal is a network of top small business consultants with experience in supporting strategic projects. Small businesses and startups hire business consultants from Toptal for their expertise in multiple types of projects such as growth strategy development, pricing strategy or M&A.

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Jesse Warlick

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

United StatesToptal Member Since March 19, 2021

Jesse co-founded an entertainment center business, which he grew to three locations in under two years. As VP of strategy and development at a PE-backed construction services company (now Nasdaq: BBCP), he helped the company acquire eight businesses and expand to the UK. He joined BBCP from the private equity acquisition team. He began his career in restructuring investment banking at Rothschild. Jesse freelances to continue working on challenging finance projects while he grows his business.

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Archery Games Denver

Edisher Uriatmkopeli

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

GeorgiaToptal Member Since March 9, 2020

Head of strategic finance at Savii, a Singapore fintech company, Edisher covers FP&A and supports optimizing decision-making and shaping the company's long-term business strategy. He's executed numerous debt, equity, and M&A projects totaling $500 million and valued businesses worth $2.5 billion while working at Nordic PE firm (Nord-Corp), leading Georgian IB (TBC Capital), and KPMG. Experienced with firms of all sizes, Edisher enjoys using his financial insight to help enhance business value.

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Savii

Francesco Castellano

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

ItalyToptal Member Since January 4, 2017

Francesco has almost twenty years of experience in finance, consulting, business management, and sustainability. Throughout these years, he has worked on more than 20 projects as a consultant at Bain & Company and launched Uber operations in Turin, Italy. Lately, he has founded Tondo, an organization spreading circular economy concepts, and Tondo lab, a company driving the implementation of clean and circular innovations. Francesco is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Tondo lab

Anuar Heberlein

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

CanadaToptal Member Since January 4, 2017

Anuar has 15 years of expertise in go-to-market engagements conducting over 100 projects for Fortune 500 companies and championing startups. He founded STRATYGIKA, an international strategy consulting boutique specialized in go-to-market offerings led by former Bain & McKinsey consultants. Prior to that, Anuar worked with Second City Capital, a private equity company. He was also a strategy consultant for Bain & Company. Anuar holds an MBA from INSEAD and a B.Sc. in Economics from ITAM.

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STRATYGIKA

Michael Ang

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

SingaporeToptal Member Since August 18, 2016

An MIT MBA graduate, Michael served large corporations at Bain and helped build new businesses at firms backed by top-tier VCs (Kleiner Perkins, Mayfield, Softbank). He's led pricing work at a Silicon Valley firm acquired for $185 million and joined Toptal to work on challenging business problems. His work has led to the discovery of multimillion-dollar business optimization opportunities and contributed to a client’s multi-fold revenue increase.

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IVPL

Ernesto Grijalva Ortega, CFA

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

SwitzerlandToptal Member Since June 8, 2017

Ernesto is a former core member of the private equity practice at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, where he specialized in due diligence, strategy, pricing, and transformation projects. Prior to BCG, he was an investment advisor, helping to raise and manage $500 million of assets at JP Morgan. Ernesto enjoys freelancing projects where he can leverage his previous experiences working with entrepreneurs, investors, and lenders.

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The Boston Consulting Group

Pablo A. Macias

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

United StatesToptal Member Since November 10, 2017

A Harvard graduate, Pablo has developed financial models that resulted in the launch of four new digital and software business lines at Flex. He's also created M&A models for acquisitions in multiple industries: spanning financial services, industrials, and tech. Originally from Spain, Pablo moved to Silicon Valley to help develop growth strategies through M&A and new ventures, and he joined Toptal to help clients with their growth initiatives.

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Antler

Jack Barker

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

United StatesToptal Member Since April 20, 2017

A former McKinsey Partner and Carlyle Group Principal with 30 years of international experience, Jack has served as the president, CFO, and COO of two Carlyle companies and four others. He is a finance, strategy, and operations expert with deep experience in telecom, financial services, data centers, and manufacturing. Jack enjoys freelancing because it allows him to work on a wide variety of issues for companies of all sizes and many industries.

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SmartSenseCom, Inc.

Carolyn Deng, CFA

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

SingaporeToptal Member Since May 30, 2017

A Wharton MBA and CFA charterholder, Carolyn has managed a $700 million VC portfolio, executed 20+ VC/PE investments and exits, and advised Bain clients on growth and return strategies. She's worked with startups and corporates across China, Canada, US, and Australia in VC financing, investment management, strategy, M&A and business development. Freelancing allows her to choose the projects that best leverage her unique experiences.

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Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Investment Board - Teachers' Private Capital

Neel Bhargava

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

United StatesToptal Member Since December 21, 2016

Neel is an experienced private equity investor and consultant who has worked across industries and geographies—including North America, India, and Africa—while at Berkshire Partners, Bain & Company, and Rocket Internet. As a freelancer, he focuses on capital raising preparation and business operations consulting for growth stage companies and has extensive experience working closely with founders and CEOs.

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NB Advisory

Sergio de Fuccio Oliveira

Freelance Small Business Consultants Expert

United StatesToptal Member Since September 12, 2016

Sergio works primarily for portfolio companies of private equity firms. He is a former Bain & Company consultant and enjoys freelancing since the exit of his last startup. He holds a MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University with majors in strategy, finance, analytical consulting, decision sciences, and marketing. Sergio is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and has worked on projects in various industries and geographies.

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Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

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Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

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Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

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I was very impressed with the quality of finance talent in Toptal’s network. Our expert's experience was immediately evident through his insightful questions and the speed at which we could move. Toptal stayed on top of the process from making the match through to the successful completion of the project. I've already recommended Toptal Finance to my network.

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Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Small Business Consultants expert for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.
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Work with your new Small Business Consultants expert for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

FAQs

  • How are Toptal Small Business Consultants experts different?

    At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Small Business Consultants experts to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You'll work with finance experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

  • Can I hire Small Business Consultants experts in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

    Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with a Small Business Consultants expert within 48 hours of signing up.

  • What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Small Business Consultants experts?

    We make sure that each engagement between you and your Small Business Consultants expert begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you're completely satisfied with the results, we'll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you'd like. If you're not completely satisfied, you won't be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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