Smart business starts here.
Good Apple provides full-service support for small businesses. We help leaders build clarity, strong systems, and practical momentum across their organization so they can confidently run and grow their business.
What We Do
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Full-Service Retainers
Integrated strategic and operational support. C-suite insight without C-suite salaries.
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Project-Based Work
Scoped, time-bound work that creates clarity, builds systems, or advances a key initiative.
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Buying or Selling a Business
Support for owners preparing to sell and buyers stepping into ownership.
C-Suite Insight Without C-Suite Salaries
Most small businesses need strategic direction, financial clarity, operational structure, and marketing leadership, yet they do not have full-time executive teams.
Good Apple provides cross-functional support across all areas of the business through one integrated partnership.
You gain access to the strategic thinking and operational execution of a full management team, delivered exactly when you need it.
Common Challenges We Help Solve
Small businesses encounter predictable inflection points. We help you navigate them with structure and clarity.
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When the numbers don’t tell a clear story, it becomes hard to plan, invest, or make confident decisions. We help you build clean reporting, understand your margins, and see what’s really driving the business.
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Small cracks in process create big drag over time. We identify where work gets stuck, where effort is wasted, and where systems need to be shored up—then redesign the workflows that keep everything moving smoothly.
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When everything feels urgent, nothing moves forward. We bring structure to your planning cycles so you know what matters now, what can wait, and how to make decisions without spinning in circles.
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If your marketing is ad-hoc or reliant on outdated tools, your visibility and credibility suffer. We help you build simple, sustainable marketing systems that match your goals and your stage of business.
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Blurred roles lead to misalignment, uneven workloads, and stalled momentum. We clarify responsibilities, refine job structure, and support leaders in building teams that function with confidence and ease.
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Growing is exciting—until it starts to strain your systems. We help you align strategy, operations, and resources so the business grows with intention rather than overwhelm.
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Transitions are complex, whether you’re exiting or stepping in as a new owner. We support valuation readiness, cleanup, documentation, deal preparation, and the operational clarity that protects value before, during, and after a sale.
A Simpler Way to Run Your Business
Strong systems and grounded decision-making create confident leadership. Good Apple helps you build a simple, stable foundation across your entire business so you can make informed choices and focus on the work that matters most.
We create clarity using our Smart Business Framework.
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Direction & Decisions
Every business needs a clear path. This is where you sort out priorities, choose a direction, and make confident decisions about what comes next.
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Money & Metrics
Your numbers tell a story. This is where you get clarity, understand performance, and build the financial confidence that drives smart growth.
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People & Productivity
A good business runs on real people. This is where roles get clear, workflows get lighter, and teams feel supported and aligned.
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Reputation & Reach
Your presence matters. This is where your brand, visibility, and voice come together to attract the right customers and build long-term trust.
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Offering & Operations
Your business works best when everything is aligned. This is where you refine what you offer, strengthen your systems, and deliver with confidence.
Partner Spotlight:
The Vervain Collective
We partnered with The Vervain Collective to build simple, repeatable systems for their community-rooted apothecary. Together we created stronger internal structure, aligned decision-making, and sustainable operations.
Meet the Team
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Rochelle Lierz
Managing Partner of Money & Metrics
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Crystal Wilson
Managing Director of People & Productivity
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Tessa Alves Fortes
Managing Director of Offering & Operations
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Brie Bolopue
Managing Partner of Reputation & Reach
FAQ
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Full-service business support means having an experienced operational partner embedded in your business. Good Apple’s retainer model covers strategy, planning, financial clarity, project management, and day-to-day execution so you’re not carrying everything alone. We step in as your operations, finance, and management team—giving you structure, consistency, and forward momentum.
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We simplify the way you work by refining systems, cleaning up workflows, clarifying roles, and strengthening the core functions of your business. Through our services, we help you build predictable routines, better communication, easier decision-making, and operational systems that support your goals instead of draining your time.
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We help small businesses navigate the predictable inflection points that create friction and slow growth. This includes unclear finances, operational gaps, prioritization struggles, inconsistent marketing, team structure issues, unplanned growth, and preparing for major transitions like buying or selling a business. Our role is to bring structure, clarity, and steady forward movement.
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We guide owners through every step of a transition—valuation readiness, financial cleanup, documentation, systems improvements, due diligence preparation, and deal support. Whether you’re preparing to exit or stepping into ownership, we help protect value, reduce risk, and create a smoother handoff for everyone involved.
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The Smart Business Framework is Good Apple’s structured approach to understanding how a business really works. It evaluates five core domains—Direction and Decisions, Money and Metrics, People and Productivity, Reputation and Reach, and Offering and Operations—to identify gaps, opportunities, and priorities. It gives owners a clear roadmap for sustainable, confident growth.
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Good Apple’s retainer model gives you high-level strategic insight without the cost of adding executives. We act as your strategic partner—bringing CEO-level clarity, COO-level systems, and CFO-level financial understanding—while staying flexible and embedded in the day-to-day. You get guidance, accountability, and execution support tailored to your stage of business.
Ready to simplify and strengthen your business?
Let’s talk about where your business is today and where you want to go next.