C03 - Clearfield Associates
Overview
- Founding Year - 2015
- Location - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Industry - Management Consulting (Strategy and Digital Transformation)
- Revenue - $24M
- Current State - Founder-led, Bootstrapped
- Starting HQ Score - 33/100
About
Clearfield Associates is a $24M management consulting firm that has grown steadily due to the quality of its work and depth of its client relationships. It was built around the relationship skills and subject matter expertise of its founding partners.
The firm's operational infrastructure, vendor management, talent development, process documentation, and compensation grew informally around a core that was always primarily relational.
Primary Operational Challenge
A $24M management consulting firm where the operations function is being built by someone where each framework has to earn its place in a culture built on relationships, not on processes.
Characters
- CA-01: Marcus Adeyemi, Founder and CEO
- CA-02: Selena Bristow, Director of Operations
- CA-03: Sonia Mehta, Operations Team Lead
- CA-04: Tom Blackwell, Vendor Relationship Manager
Is it relevant for me?
The Clearfield Associates case studies are relevant for you if:
- You are an operations leader at management consulting firms, consulting practices, or knowledge-based businesses between $15M and $50M, particularly those managing the transition from judgment-based operations to documented systems.
- You have recently been promoted into a management role from within their team.
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Dimensions
Starting HQ Score shows the company's position at the beginning of its Headroom HQ story. The HQ Score changes as the story progresses through each Issue.