Sage Wedding Pros...
Sage Wedding Pros is a resource for wedding professionals who want to have smarter businesses. We’ll guide you through the maze of business planning, marketing, forecasting, accounting, and so on… so that your business may boom. After all, it’s this collaboration that makes our profession so fun.
Sage Wedding Pros’ Mission…
Sage Wedding Pros is…
… dedicated to creating sustainable businesses in the wedding industry.
… committed to education, information, and inspiration.
… devoted to building camaraderie and cohesion within the wedding profession.
The Simple Plan...
The Simple Plan is a No-Sweat, No-Fuss, Piece-of-Cake, Easy-Peasy approach to writing your business plan.
Business planning is goal-setting with your entire business as the scope. Your entire business is a marriage of:
We are here to redefine the way you think about business planning.
Planning is an action, not a document.
Your plan should evolve, flex, adapt, and grow with you.
Sage Wedding Pros is a resource for wedding professionals who want to have smarter businesses. We’ll guide you through the maze of business planning, marketing, forecasting, accounting, and so on… so that your business may boom. After all, it’s this collaboration that makes our profession so fun.
Sage Wedding Pros’ Mission…
Sage Wedding Pros is…
… dedicated to creating sustainable businesses in the wedding industry.
… committed to education, information, and inspiration.
… devoted to building camaraderie and cohesion within the wedding profession.
The Simple Plan...
The Simple Plan is a No-Sweat, No-Fuss, Piece-of-Cake, Easy-Peasy approach to writing your business plan.
Business planning is goal-setting with your entire business as the scope. Your entire business is a marriage of:
- your company's vision
- the marketing of your products and services
- an operational structure for execution
- a financial model for business sustainability
We are here to redefine the way you think about business planning.
Planning is an action, not a document.
Your plan should evolve, flex, adapt, and grow with you.
Michelle...
Michelle Loretta LOVES to have coffee with wedding professionals. She loves to talk shop and discuss business strategy. So, in 2009 she started a blog: Sage Wedding Pros. This blog would evolve to cover all things business in the wedding and event industry. These days, Sage Wedding Pros is a consultancy dedicated to educating small business owners. The company's mission is to create sustainable business in the wedding and events industries.
Michelle joined the wedding industry when she launched her stationery business in 2004: mmm... paper. She has a background in finance, having armed herself with a BS in Accounting from University of Southern California and having spent her early career working for Deloitte LLP. She spent 5 years in the fashion industry as a sales manager for DDLA, and a visual merchandiser for Coach, Inc. In 2008, Michelle co-founded the wedding industry not-for-profit Get Hitched Give Hope.
Today, Michelle helps small business owners in the wedding industry with their business planning. Her particular strength is in financial analysis. After years of reviewing financial reports, she can look at the numbers and quickly identify strengths and weaknesses within any organization. Hidden in financial info are always opportunities for improvement and growth. She loves being able to help with the "mystery of numbers" and make business owners confident in their business finances.
A few fun facts about Michelle:
Michelle Loretta LOVES to have coffee with wedding professionals. She loves to talk shop and discuss business strategy. So, in 2009 she started a blog: Sage Wedding Pros. This blog would evolve to cover all things business in the wedding and event industry. These days, Sage Wedding Pros is a consultancy dedicated to educating small business owners. The company's mission is to create sustainable business in the wedding and events industries.
Michelle joined the wedding industry when she launched her stationery business in 2004: mmm... paper. She has a background in finance, having armed herself with a BS in Accounting from University of Southern California and having spent her early career working for Deloitte LLP. She spent 5 years in the fashion industry as a sales manager for DDLA, and a visual merchandiser for Coach, Inc. In 2008, Michelle co-founded the wedding industry not-for-profit Get Hitched Give Hope.
Today, Michelle helps small business owners in the wedding industry with their business planning. Her particular strength is in financial analysis. After years of reviewing financial reports, she can look at the numbers and quickly identify strengths and weaknesses within any organization. Hidden in financial info are always opportunities for improvement and growth. She loves being able to help with the "mystery of numbers" and make business owners confident in their business finances.
A few fun facts about Michelle:
- Has lived in four corners of the US: born near Philly, grew up in LA, lived in Seattle, and now resides in Miami.
- Favorite thing to do is go to the movies.
- Has a funny 3-year-old who amuses her with comments like "I'm a SPICY girl. Mommy is a SPICY lady. And, Papi is a SPICY man."
- Is trying to convince her husband to have an "Indian Wedding" renewal of vows.
Kelly...
Kelly Simants joined Sage Wedding Pros in 2009 and partnered with Michelle Loretta to develop The Simple Plan, an easy-peasy approach to writing business plans for the wedding industry. Her background in training and development, as well as her 8 years experience in the wedding industry enabled her to lead the charge for taking The Simple Plan on a national tour this year. Her expertise lies in the people components of an organization's training, organizational design, leadership development, employee relations, staffing and strategic planning. In 2008, she also co-founded the wedding industry not-for-profit Get Hitched Give Hope, and was responsible for overall procurement and event logistics.
Outside of Sage Wedding Pros, Kelly is also the owner of Sweet Pea Events, a wedding and event planning business with offices in Seattle and Dallas. Before launching her business, Kelly worked for Starbucks as a Director of Human Resources for their Supply Chain Operations, as well as Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a Human Resources Analyst.
A few fun facts about Kelly:
Kelly Simants joined Sage Wedding Pros in 2009 and partnered with Michelle Loretta to develop The Simple Plan, an easy-peasy approach to writing business plans for the wedding industry. Her background in training and development, as well as her 8 years experience in the wedding industry enabled her to lead the charge for taking The Simple Plan on a national tour this year. Her expertise lies in the people components of an organization's training, organizational design, leadership development, employee relations, staffing and strategic planning. In 2008, she also co-founded the wedding industry not-for-profit Get Hitched Give Hope, and was responsible for overall procurement and event logistics.
Outside of Sage Wedding Pros, Kelly is also the owner of Sweet Pea Events, a wedding and event planning business with offices in Seattle and Dallas. Before launching her business, Kelly worked for Starbucks as a Director of Human Resources for their Supply Chain Operations, as well as Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a Human Resources Analyst.
A few fun facts about Kelly:
- Favorite business book as of late: The Four Hour Work Week.
- Itching to travel to: Australia and New Zealand!
- With an hour of spare time she loves to: Hang out with her hubby Chris and 15 month old, Carson - or - splurge and hit the spa for a pedicure.
- Favorite caffeinated beverage: Iced Americano with two pumps white chocolate!