I attended a SREDA event that Opportunity Knocks Consulting was a part of and Dana was one of many consultants who chatted with me. The difference with Dana was that she had done her homework – she knew who I was, my business idea, and loved our long-term vision.
I immediately connected with her personable professional manner, her curiosity and strong listening skills, and her commitment to clients. Her consulting skills and abilities were significant; she articulated my ideas and showed their worth and potential on paper.
Creating a business plan with Dana was the first important investment I made for my business. She helped me take an “I have an idea” stage to a full-fledged operational business.
Dana helped build my confidence in understanding the research data on the target market, and potential growth and guided me on what to figure out, who to network with, and what questions to ask.
She also helped me with the follow through to make it happen. We launched two years ago in an 800 square feet location and are now expanding into 6000 square feet in 2023.

Opportunity Knocks Consulting has completed 4 business plans to date for our companies. These range from our parent company Misty Ventures to our solely owned entities. Another plan that was created is a Concrete company which we have a partnership agreement and was very complex. With organizations such as in our case it can become very complex and demanding. The most difficult plan Misty Ventures , I thought would be challenging for Dana, but no problem we got down to business and completed on schedule and on budget. In regards to the financial forecasting and modelling that Dana utilized was very easy to understand and transferable to various uses. I was very happy with the outcomes of all the business plans because they were detailed in a way that any questions asked will be within the documents and easy to locate. What was important and not repetitive was simply the validity we required. Misty Ventures would most definitely recommend and refer Dana to complete Business Plans for their companies.