We believe in promoting and recommending fellow small business owner friends and their businesses in order to help our clients find well-run, local businesses to support. All of these businesses have been featured in our newsletter, are run by people Gina knows personally and are located in the Portland, Beaverton or Gresham area.
BusinessWorks, Inc
Haiku Organics
Mama Needs Massage
MXX Fitness
SimplySmartDinnerPlans.com
BusinessWorks, Inc. owner, Elizabeth Kluvers, received her accounting degree from Portland State University in 1977. She went on to work for Jarrard, Seibert Pollard CPA’s and Mack Roberts Walsh CPA’s where she worked on 100’s of businesses and audited for two years.
In December 1981 she became a home based business pioneer. With nothing more than ledger paper, an electric typewriter, liquid paper and a ten key, she became an accounting to hundreds of small businesses. BusinessWorks, Inc is going strong after 30+ years, and includes business clients in every industry. Current clients include, but are not limited to:
Advertising agencies, breweries, distilleries, restaurants, doctors, lawyers, dentists, contractors, rental property, wholesale, retail, manufacturing, day care centers, wholesale food production, nonprofits and (of course) a house cleaning business.
In 1993, Quickbooks 2.0 was released into the marketplace and Elizabeth snapped up her first non DOS accounting software. She is an Quickbooks Pro Advisor and an expert at the program. She acts as a Controller for many of her clients, doing everything up to tax preparation. Payroll preparation and tax reporting is one of her areas of expertise. She prepares payroll for 45 companies.
Elizabeth was the Treasurer for The Montavilla Farmers Market for six years and is the current Board President for METBA (Montavilla East Tabor Business Association). She is also on the board for Taking Care – a nonprofit organization exploring alternative cancer support such as nutrition and massage.
In recent months, BusinessWorks, Inc has hired recent Portland State University accounting graduate Christian Sledd as their first employee! BusinessWorks is now ready and excited to add more businesses as clients.
Her contact information is:
Beth Buffetta
BusinessWorks, Inc.
(503) 256-5125 (landline)
[email protected]
http://bizworks-llc.com
Inspired by artisan techniques, Haiku Organics products are handcrafted in small batches and made with the highest quality natural, organic, and fair-trade ingredients possible. Founder, Clarissa, has formulated a product line that gives your skin the greatest potential at renewal and rejuvenation.
Check out Haiku Organics at http://www.haikuorganics.com/.
Marissa Emery is massage therapist and owner of Mama Needs Massage! Marissa chases around her two young sons by day, and supports other stressed-out moms by night. Her business specializes in providing stress relief and therapeutic massage for new mamas and mamas of young children.
Marissa “gets” the busy life of a mom with young kids – the constant demands on your time and attention, and lack of sleep – and knows that without dedicated “me time” to recharge, it often leads to burnout. Marissa provides that oasis of calm, and sends mamas back into the world relaxed and ready to take on another day.
Mama Needs Massage is located in Raleigh Hills and also offers in-home massages for the ultimate convenience! Check out www.mamaneedsmassage.com for specials, gift certificates, and easy online scheduling.
MXX Fitness
MXX Fitness (pronounced “Mixx”) is co-owned and operated by Laura Glaze (ACE Personal Trainer) and Mick Glaze (Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist) out of West Linn. MXX Fitness has experience developing state champion athletes and stronger, leaner bodies of all ages.
As parents of two young boys and small business owners, they are keenly aware of the challenges a hectic schedule poses. Whether you prefer our private training studio, or desire in-home training, MXX Fitness will make fitness training work for you.
SimplySmartDinnerPlans.com
The mission of SimplySmartDinnerPlans.com is “to help busy families get out of the drive-thru and back to the dinner table with delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare recipes.” They create and test recipes made with “real food” and provide you with easy-to-follow grocery lists and recipes for every night of the month. They also offer support and training through their newsletter, blog and social media sites. The best part? It’s all FREE!! Crazy, right?! See for yourself how they can help you provide simple but delicious recipes for you and your family.