Next Stage Solutions

Rudi came up to speed very rapidly on what we are doing from both technology and marketing perspectives, which is very rare. Rudi asked all of the right questions, and offered some valuable and insightful advice regarding our business model, simplifying our message, and tightening our focus. We expect to retain Rudi's services again as an expert operations, finance and management consultant to help us take our company to the next stage.
Rudi is very professional and focused. She is very energetic, personable, and extremely collaborative and supportive.

Rich Adler, President DecisionPath, Inc.

Ms. Scheiber-Kurtz's in-depth knowledge of the early stage issues and her professional manner in which she moved us forward were executed with extreme efficiency and always with complete integrity and reliability. She gained a quick and enthusiastic appreciation for our business and positioned our business intelligence solutions to potential investors in a thorough and savvy manner. Ms.Scheiber-Kurtz provided us with next step execution points and purposeful agendas in an expedient and methodical way. Her strong bottom-line approach and intimate knowledge of our target market, financial and operational situation positioned us well within the investor community. Her actions, follow-up and execution along with her knowledge of the pain points a small company experiences bridged that of the investor's demands.

Barry Lazowski, CEO ZipPark.com, Inc.

Over a year ago, I had asked Ms. Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz to compile an Advisory Board for the Simmons School of Management (SOM) Entrepreneurship Program to better bridge academia with our entrepreneurial community. Committed to the advancement of entrepreneurs and the firms they lead, she has added significant value as President of the Advisory Board. In particular, Rudi's choice of board members has given the program and the students an invaluable prospective of the start-up sphere. Her extensive knowledge of the entrepreneurial roller coaster ride is evident in her work.
Rudi's thought process and problem solving skills coupled with quick and sharp analyses of a company are skills necessary in a restructure or reinvention of any type of business strategy. More importantly, her deep and extensive knowledge of start-up management issues related to innovation adds tremendous value to a growing company. Rudi is one of the most connected and networked consultants I know and she has a fervent sense of the needs of the investor community. She has shown enormous tenacity in building her own company, Next Stage Solutions, Inc., continually striving for excellence in helping other firms develop and succeed within their own emerging markets and industries.

Dr. Jill Kickul, Elizabeth J. McCandless Professor of Entrepreneurship Simmons School of Management

Rudi's innate ability to understand business organizations and the complexity executive teams face today is truly impressive. Her hands-on approach to problem solving is refreshing and her ability to incorporate non-linear, innovative thought processes is striking. She has great tenacity and creativity, and her energy is remarkable. Rudi is both a leader and a team player and a delight to work with.

Annabel Beerel, M.B.A., Ph.D.Visiting Scholar, Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University; Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

I was intrigued by Rudi's ability to generate solutions with a different approach. I had a chance to work with her on a town project to create a more innovative local transportation system with lower cost yet better service; which required cost-benefit analyses and an alternative business model. I was impressed with the meticulous financial analyses she provided, as well as her ability to come up with innovative and creative ideas. She also listens very well.

Ravi Sakhuja, Member, MIT Venture Mentoring Service; Founder & past CEO, Tecogen, Inc.; Past Vice President, Thermo Electron, Inc.

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