We grow business using proven strategies.

It begins with an introductory call and casual conversation about your business. While we typically work with owners, C-level executives, or senior managers, we do need to be in contact with a major decision maker at the company or division. Most of our projects have serious impacts on business revenues, operations or high-level business objectives. Once communicating with the right people, we digest your organization's existing circumstances. We typically create recommendations based on our experience and the Olevicor Growth Playbook or the Olevicor Efficiency Playbook. We apply proven strategies and methods to your organization, based your existing set of circumstances, business goals and general considerations.

There are few consultancies with artisans programmers and creatives under one roof, let alone individuals with such dynamic experience. Our business consultants can be described as, Creatives with a Business Sense, that can Code Software. And, we also own businesses ourselves, and deeply undestand the topic matter of running a business. You might be able to find a creative agency, business consultant, or programmer separately — but an individual with all three talents is rare. Olevicor business consultants are multi-disciplinary artisans and business owners, with at least a decade of real world experience.

Olevicor is based out of Chicago. While we prefer to work remotely, we understand face-to-face meetings and travel to client locations is necessary. For consulting engagements, we typically do 1-2 days on-site per week, unless the project specifically calls for being on-site for longer durations, or you are over 50 miles away. For creative work, it's usually not necessary to be on-site except for obvious media gathering like videography or photography. Travel time reduces our capacity to work ~50 hours per week — making us less productive. Wherever possible, we try to minimize travel.

Quickly, but it depends on the engagement length and initial project requirements. We typically engage with clients on an initial project, and create a follow-on or check-in schedule based on need. A typical client reaches out 2 - 4 times per year, and spends $2,500 per year in consulting or advisory to maximize the results of their projects. Many projects can be started immediately, since we have multiple business consultants available. However, it largely depends on your business goals.

Olevicor does not charge by the hour; however, we do have an internal $50 per hour minimum consulting rate. I.e., clients will always be charged at least $50 per hour, or more. Some services can be billed at up to $200 per hour. We do not negotiate our rates, and operate on a minimum retainer fee of $2,000 to get started. We offer weekly rates (e.g., $2,000+ per week.)

Absolutely. One of our core competencies is rapid prototyping marketing websites and finding product-market fit quickly. We are typically able to build a "nice" website in 2 - 3 days, and launch advertising campaigns within 24-hours. We have received paying customers within hours of launching protoype businesses, and this is how we function with our own businesses. Once we discover a product-market fit, we typically move into iterative improvements — or programming operational workflows.

After retaining Olevicor, our business consultants and artisans can work on your project. We bill in weekly slots for projects, and negotiate pricing on a per project basis. If we are currently not engaged in a project, and have not negotiated follow-on projects or pricing, you will be provided with a non-negotiable, default hourly rate of at least $50 per hour. Because we try to maximize the value to you, our client, we attempt to charge value-based pricing based on project or consulting requirements.

No. We are not employees, a temp agency or recruitment company. We staff business consultants and creatives which are available for hire. Our business consultants will not work as an employee, except as necessary to diagnose or understand the machinations of your organization. It is always more desireable to hire employees to run the processes we implement for you.

Yes, we have videographers, copywriters, illustrators, designers, animators, programmers, website experts, search engine marketers, advertising managers, and general business consultants on staff. Under some circumstances, we may pull from our network of specialists, as-needed, for special projects. We try to work with our primary consultants and artisans.

Olevicor is pronounced [ oh - lev - i - kohr ]. Olevicor is an anagram of our founder's full name, Corey Levi Olson. Where {O}lson {Levi} {Cor}ey are combined into a unique word. Olevicor is a brand advisor, creative agency, business consultant and marketing agency. We typically perform work that a founding member / business owner might do — including programming custom solutions, advertising and marketing, brand or business development, copywriting and other creative services like video production, illustration, design, photography, mockups, animation and more. We have these multi-disciplinary skills, (even beyond this,) because we build businesses ourselves. We try to avoid IT, although we do have experience in IT.