Sybil Ege, the founder of Clear Guide Consulting, has a long and varied career in the corporate world, franchising, and small business.  This diverse perspective gives her a unique insight.  Small businesses need to mix the characteristics of big business organization, franchise procedural orientation, and small business agility and market focus in order to thrive.

Sybil began her 30+ year IT career as a mainframe programmer when the industry was very new.  Over time, she moved into management and oversaw the development of large complex, mission critical systems.  Her successes made her part of the senior management team wherever she worked.

Most recently, she has been a consultant and franchisee with The Entrepreneur’s Source (TES) in Elburn, IL, from 2002 through 2007.  As a TES consultant, she specialized in franchising opportunities, helping people to become a franchisee in the opportunity of their choice or to expand their business by becoming a franchisor.
 

During her TES experience, she became extremely familiar with DISC and PIAV, two significant assessment instruments that illuminate an individual’s behavioral and motivational patterns.  She found these assessment tools vital in helping her to quickly and accurately assess vital characteristics about people with whom she interacts, giving her an edge in sales and networking situations.

In late 2006, Sybil launched Clear Guide Consulting, a company devoted to helping small businesses understand the steps they need to take to grow from “surviving to thriving.”  Sybil’s latest service offering involves customer acquisition and retention services for small businesses.  With her network of mature and experienced callers, she creates and delivers intelligent marketing communication campaigns for small businesses to stimulate growth and build customer loyalty.

Sybil also co-hosted a weekly radio talk show called "Livin' the Dream" for two years, beginning in February 2006.  The hour broadcast focused on issues related to getting into business as well as improving an existing business’s outlook and operation.  To listen to archived programs, visit http://mydreambizarchives.blogspot.com/.