Andy Birol
Who is Andy?
Andy Birol, owner of Birol Growth Consulting (BGC), is an international business growth consultant, author, keynote speaker and business coach. Andy focuses on helping small and mid-sized businesses and their owners create profitable and sustainable growth. Known for his creativity and his candor, Andy's approach, which is based on empowering an owner's Best and Highest Use®, provides clients and audiences with renewed passion, new potential and profitable results.
Andy's business consulting philosophy is to passionately understand his client’s condition and aspirations and then bring as much in-depth influence, external objectivity and breakthrough thinking to help them "Get ThereTM."
With 20 years of management experience (he started BGC in 1997), Andy has helped over 450 firms introduce new products, enter markets and develop new distribution channels. Andy has also designed new pricing, compensation and sales incentive plans as well as restructured and staffed marketing, sales and customer service organizations.
The media has turned to Andy for his expertise in small business growth. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN's Dollar Signs, Entrepreneur, Business Week, and Inc. Magazine. He has published over 300 articles and is the author of the following five books, including The Five Catalysts of Seven Figure Growth (CareerPress, 2006). Active on his blog profitablegrowth.com and website, www.andybirol.com, Andy is a prolific writer of articles which are republished internationally.
Birol Growth Consulting won four Weatherhead 100 Awards as Northeast Ohio's fastest growing single-employee business and 34th fastest growing company of any size and was also recognized by Inside Business Magazine, and Team NEO which awarded him the NEO Success Award in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Andy continues to bring his drive and passion to all aspects of his practice (consulting, coaching, speaking and writing) and continues to develop and publish articles, books and programs. Andy, Joan and Margo lived in Solon, just southeast of downtown Cleveland.
In November, 2007 Andy’s firm, Birol Growth Consulting, won MSN/StartupNation's Top Ten Home-Based Businesses Award and in 2009 the Cleveland Council of Small Enterprises (America’s second largest Chamber of Commerce) awarded Andy its 10 Under 10 Award as one of Cleveland’s most successful small businesses. In July 2010, Andy and his family moved to Shadyside, PA where Joan assumed her new SVP role with PNC Bank and their Margo can begin high school at the Ellis School. Andy joins Leadership Pittsburgh’s 27th class this fall.
