Expertise on Business Performance and Growth
Achieve Your Desired Business Goals
You have been in business for a while and have a vision for growth and lasting value and making a broader contribution. Use proven methods, advising or group programs to achieve your desired results.
- Pursue the right growth opportunities
- Invest your time and funds appropriately
- Reduce risks of operating and growing a business
- Know what resources are needed to get results
- Develop your executive capabilities
- Set up and implement growth projects to achieve desired results
- Have a sounding board and direction through issues and tough decisions
- Enhance greater contributions
- With peers develop your executive style and skills
- Define the right #1 growth project to achieve your desired results
- Implement your growth project with support
- Build your company solid growth tool kit

Our clients get short and long-term results:
The CraneWorks helps clients find growth opportunities other business growth methods overlook and turn them into results. 70% of clients increase revenue from 10 to 100%. Our goal is that your investment in services is covered by future revenue growth in the short-term and company exit value in the long-term. All clients gain insight into how and why why they did not hit their performance or growth targets.
Your investment will pay for itself as the value of your company grows. Read this case study on Cannery Cafe.
Our Track Record
Our motivated owners are able to operate their business and complete growth projects to achieve goals in stages
Our historical track record for business growth by clients is a bell curve that exceeds national trends:
- 7% cross $1 million in gross revenue in 2 – 4 years
- 20% hit $500,000 – $900,000 in gross revenue in 5 – 8 years
- 40% increase gross revenue from 10 – 30% per year
Relationship clients: Sustain growth to and beyond $2 million potentially to exit
In comparison total U.S businesses over $1M revenue
- 2.2% women owned (most consistent statistics)
- 6.3% men owned (all categories)
Source: SCORE 2016
What the other CEOs are saying:

Company Goals and Achievements
“We crossed $1M in revenue and keep growing.”
- We started by participating in a group program
- Now we are working with The Crane Works team to take the biggest growth step in our history.
Company Goals and Achievements
“We want to hold where we are after growing the company staff over the years”
- We plan annually on how to leverage our resources and pursue opportunities
Company Goals and Achievements
“I wanted to make a successful transition from ownership to retirement.”

Company Goals and Achievements
“The CraneWorks collaborates with businesses and non-profits to grow independent businesses led by low- to moderate- income owners and strengthen local economies. We are actively engaged across the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.”
If your organization helps small- and mid-market businesses scale, and you need growth management support, call Darlene Crane to discuss.