Our Story

Our Experience

Business degrees, MBAs, and years in the corporate world taught us that the primary objective of business is to maximize profit for the shareholders. We learned the business rigor and financial strategies to optimize the organizational performance to achieve a desired result – profit.

Then life, travel, volunteering, and working in a non-profit illuminated the positive impact that business could have if it returned to its roots and focused on providing value to society, including but not exclusively the shareholders. We also witnessed the inefficiency associated with so many mission driven entities where teams labor diligently however their impact is stifled by limited financial understanding or financial management.

Finally, we worked with dozens of purpose-driven entrepreneurs who had the creative/technical/visionary skill to offer incredible products and services, but lacked the business acumen to grow and lead their businesses to the next level. Thus, both the profit and the impact pursued were limited.

The problem was consistent, the leader didn’t have the business background or skill required nor the capital/cash flow to hire a full-time busiess partner.

From this need Business Stewardship Partners was born, a partner committed to helping you steward your organization to achieve the financial and impact objectives you seek.

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Our Philosophy

We believe:

· Business is a tool to create and distribute value to all the stakeholders

· Non-profit organizations still require sound business management

· Stewarding a business is a great responsibility and we take our role seriously

Why Us?

We come from the trenches, bearing the scars of entrepreneurship as well as the challenges of Corporate America. Whether you’re seeking a strategic alliance with the right partner or a special skillset or tool, call us today. Together we’ll create and refine your plan for success. We didn’t get here alone, and neither will you.

Team Members

John Sebesta

John built his career in the private sector, where he has extensive experience in financial and business strategy. He previously served as the business manager for international programs, leading the proposal, negotiation, and management of more than $500M in contracts. Meanwhile, he served as the founding board president of a community development non-profit. In 2017 John left corporate America to focus on using business as a tool for positive change and transitioned to consulting social enterprises in Guatemala a number of different social enterprises across the world. He holds a Bachelor of Finance from NMSU, an MBA from Southern Methodist University and an Executive PhD from University of Denver. John now teaches business and social entrepreneurship as a professor at the University of Denver where he is also the Director of the Entrepreneurship program.

Claire Sebesta

While working almost two decades in the Aerospace and Defense industry in corporate finance, Claire became an expert at financial analysis, financial planning, and financial interpretation while managing the P&L and cash cycle for ~$300M revenues per year. Claire also served as the founding CFO of a startup social enterprise managing everything from financial set up to bank relations and investment modeling. Claire masterfully analyzes data and transforms it into meaningful and actionable information for business leaders.