Rivet

Rivet, a manufacturer of innovative apparel items, is a virtual organization that knows no international boundaries. Rivet offices, executive team members, and organizational functions are globally dispersed in Taiwan, the United States, England, and two different regions of Australia.

With the Sherpa Workflow Program and the Sherpa @Anywhere TechPack, Rivet is now able to coordinate the organizational mission-critical information workflow. Rivet’s virtual labors are bearing fruit—Rivet products are now available in the United States at RadioShack, Cingular, and Sprint.

Mires

Mires, an internationally recognized award-winning design firm with Fortune 100 clients, had invested heavily in IT and boasted their own crackerjack IT team. But Mires believed that they could get more out of their IT investment.

With the Sherpa Trees and Trails Program and organizational workflow best practices applied to its sales pipeline Mires streamlined internal operations and increased efficiencies. As a result Mires now focuses more aggressively on sales and marketing efforts which has led to a thriving business even during a downturn in the design industry.

Zzone

Christine Du Charme and Ronnie Zachariu, the owners of Zzone, a media airtime brokerage service in San Diego, had a dream. Their hearts were set on making their home in a remote mountain location in Hawaii. But there was one condition—they wanted to be able to smoothly run Zzone’s operations from their new Hawaii location.

With the Sherpa Workflow Program and the Sherpa @Anywhere TechPack Zzone Christine and Ronnie were able to fulfill their dream and go one better. Coordination of their organization information workflow was so enhanced that Christine now says that “we are more productive today than when we all worked out of our San Diego office.”

Woodridge

Woodridge, a Los Angeles venture capital firm, was faced with the challenge of handling an increasing deal volume in a time-critical business where the penalty when something falls through the cracks can easily cost the firm upwards of $100,000.

The Sherpa Workflow Program and the Sherpa @Anywhere TechPack have enabled Woodridge to grow its business in a fast-paced environment where taking on new employees increases the premium on coordination and collaboration. Woodridge’s deal throughput has increased and at the same time CEO Michael Rosenfeld says, “My stress level has gone down, and I’m able to spend more time with the family.”

Jet Pilot

For ten years, Jet Pilot Founder and former CEO Phil Johnson had struggled to build his sportswear company into one of market leaders in the personal watercraft industry. His heart became set on moving with his wife and two daughters to a forty-acre ranch in a remote part of Eastern Australia. And running his business at the same time.

With the Sherpa @Anywhere TechPack Phil was able to realize his dream. As Phil says, "Sherpa Performance Guides has enabled us to work together in ways we never thought possible. Thanks to their help, I've left the Carlsbad office to live in Australia, and the business hasn't skipped a beat. With their TechPack, I can easily keep tabs on our US, Japan and Australian operations. I can't recommend them enough. They are an executive’s dream."