TSG Values

Honesty; All progress starts with the truth.Humility; We don’t know it all, but we know a lot and we’re always striving to learn more.
Persistence; Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Discipline; Adherence to a well-conceived plan will result in success.
Flexibility; The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

We will be honest in all our dealings with you. We will tell you the truth as we see it, even if you don’t want to hear it. As the CEO, you cannot be sure that your team is always telling you the truth. Employees who may be concerned about their jobs, members of management who don’t have the strength to tell you something you may not want to hear and third party service providers who don’t want to jeopardize their relationship with you may all keep information from you or mislead you somewhere along the way. We believe you are paying us for the unvarnished truth, to hear what we have to say and to know you can trust that we have your best interest in mind at all times.

As an organization, we are committed to lifetime learning. Every day, we strive to be better, to learn more, and to know more. In order to learn more, it is imperative that we stay humble, to be open to new things. One of our core beliefs is, “No individual is the smartest person in the room, everyone working together is the smartest person in the room”.

A former president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge was quoted as follows. “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Our approach relies on discipline. Executing plans requires a great deal of discipline. Without the discipline required for execution, no plan will succeed. However, we must be continually measure, monitor and control both the execution of plans and the end results; what is working and what is not. We must see the world, your industry and your company as it is and assess and adjust for changes accordingly. Rigid adherence to a plan can create results which are worse than no plan at all. Flexibility, based on current information and informed decision making is a key component of success.

About Our Founder

Alan Schatten began his career as a CPA, but found the lines of a balance sheet too narrow a focus. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to work in and with a wide variety of industries; that experience formed the basis for the techniques and tools we use to help successful business owners to grow or sell their business.

A Partnering Relationship

We don’t presume that we know more about your business than you do. We don’t presume that we’re smarter than you. You’ve already achieved great success with your business. The objective is to build on your proven track record of success to help you achieve your next goal.

What Our Clients Say

“In the early nineties my partner and I purchased a struggling marine supply wholesale distributor on Long Island. Soon after, we met Alan Schatten and hired him as our accountant. In a relatively short period of time, we realized Alan was not just about putting numbers in columns. Alan quickly learned the internal workings of our company – payroll, inventory, personnel, cash flow, sales and marketing, profit margins, and our competition. Alan became our adviser and confidante, forcing us to take time to step away from our hands on, day to day grind and focus on the big picture details as we grew our company.” [Read More]