Strategy Partners
Strategy That Moves From Idea to Action.
Practical strategy. Experienced leadership. Hands-on partnership.
Fergies & Frenchies works alongside entrepreneurs, retailers, nonprofits, business owners and organizations that are ready to build, grow, solve a problem or navigate what comes next.
Services
How We Partner With You
Bookstores, Boutiques & Retail
From first idea to next chapter.
Practical strategy from people who understand what it means to own the store.
Nonprofit & Development
Build relationships. Fund the mission. Make it sustainable.
Fractional Executive Leadership
The leadership you need, when you need it.
The Owner's Table
You don't have to build it alone.
A confidential, curated peer-advisory experience for business owners who want perspective, challenge, accountability, stronger decisions and relationships with other people who understand ownership.
Experience
Built From Real Experience.
Good strategy looks different when you've actually carried the responsibility. Dane Ferguson brings the perspective of someone who has built businesses, operated a bookstore, led teams, raised support, worked with donors, developed partnerships, marketed organizations, navigated growth, and helped ideas become sustainable.
16 Years
Building, Operating & Growing Independent Retail
Featured in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Approach
Start With the Challenge, Not the Contract.
You may not know whether you need a consultant, coach, fractional executive, project partner, or simply another experienced person across the table. That's okay. Start by telling us what you're trying to solve. We'll help determine the right next step.
TALK
Tell us what's happening.
CLARIFY
Identify the challenge, opportunity, or leadership gap.
MOVE
Build a practical plan and turn it into action.
Owner Assessment
How Strong Is Your Support System as an Owner?
Most business owners have plenty of people around them. That doesn't necessarily mean they have people they can actually talk to about the hardest decisions.
Take this short assessment to see where you may have strengths, blind spots, or gaps in: Strategic clarity, Decision support, Accountability, Leadership, Owner workload, Peer perspective.
2 Minutes
Take the Owner AssessmentGet your personalized Owner Support & Clarity results.