Creating Business Strategies The Post-It Notes Way!
Guest
Kristy Tupper, Founder and Business Strategy Consultant, Open Concept Strategy & Innovation (OCSI)
Episode Overview
After 30 years in corporate America, many of them in executive roles, Kristy Tupper founded Open Concept Strategy & Innovation to help small business owners get clear on where their business is headed. In this episode, she explains how executives and founders see a business differently, and why she combines business strategy, AI strategy, and leadership mentoring in one engagement rather than three separate hires.
Kristy also tackles a common belief among owners: that AI strategy is only for big companies with big budgets. She shares how she makes it practical for solo founders and micro businesses. She describes her hands-on sessions, where a physical business model canvas, markers, and sticky notes help owners see their whole business laid out for the first time. She closes with a real example of a stuck founder and what changed once their business model came into focus.
Topics Covered
- The gap between how executives and founders think about a business
- Why strategy, AI, and mentoring work best together
- Making AI useful and doable for small and micro businesses
- Mapping a business on a physical business model canvas
- A founder's story: from stuck to clear
Takeaway for Business Owners
Clarity about how your business actually works comes before growth, and the tools to get there are more accessible than most owners think.
Connect with Kristy
www.openconceptsi.com · kristy@openconceptsi.com · linkedin.com/in/kristytupper
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What is Building and Protecting Your Business Worth?
“Building and Protecting Your Business Worth Podcast” brings together ideas from successful small business owners, and professionals from many different industries to share strategies and ideas to help create business growth, increased profits, and to protect your business worth from the “What If’s Of Life”.
The podcast will share ideas of how to unlock your “Business DNA”, creating more efficient business decisions, leisure time, and more fun in your business.