The Confidence to Sell.
The Systems to Scale.
Growth doesn't stall for one reason. Sales conversations stop converting. Operations can't keep pace. We fix both before either one costs you the next stage of growth.
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Summary Business Deck
Sales & Marketing Plan
What We Do
Most consultants give you one half of the equation. We give you both.
Strategic Consulting
We work one-on-one with growth-stage companies on what actually makes or breaks them. Clinton leads on revenue and sales. Mayumi builds the operations, technology, and financial systems underneath it. Together, we find the real problem and fix it alongside your team, not just hand you advice.
Speaking & Training
When revenue gets inconsistent, it's rarely just a numbers problem. Clarity and conviction erode first, and performance follows. Clinton works directly with founders, sales teams, and leadership to sharpen the message and close rate that high-stakes conversations require, through keynotes, training, and direct coaching.
Board & Advisory Roles
For companies that need ongoing strategic counsel rather than a single engagement, we step in as advisors and board members — bringing both revenue/performance expertise and operational infrastructure into the room on a standing basis.
Our work spans the areas that matter most at the growth stage:
Client Acquisition · Operations · Fulfillment · Technology · Development · Financial
Why We Exist
Growth creates pressure in two places at once.
On the surface, it looks like a revenue problem: sales conversations that used to close start slipping, and confidence in the room quietly erodes. Or it looks like a systems problem: the business outgrows the founder who built it, and everything still runs through one person who can't scale themselves no matter how hard they work.
Most consultants only see one half of that. A sales advisor works the pipeline without touching the infrastructure straining underneath it. An operations consultant rebuilds the systems without addressing the leader whose clarity is breaking down under the weight of running it all.
We built Young Ventures because we kept seeing companies hit both walls at once, and neither fix holds for long without the other. A founder with renewed clarity still burns out running a business with no systems behind it. A business with clean systems still stalls if the person leading it has lost the edge to sell and lead.
Clinton works with the people: restoring the clarity and message that closes deals and holds a room. Mayumi works with the business itself: building the operating, financial, and technology systems that let a founder step out of the day-to-day and into ownership.
Young Ventures exists to fix both at the same time, so growth creates opportunity instead of chaos.
it is not all unicorns & rainbows
What We Learned.
Discover how we turned lemons into lemonade.
Encourage professionals to grow their strengths.
We started by requiring all owners to provide both accounting and tax solutions.
Those who excelled at accounting, but lacked the tax experience invested in professional growth, learned how to deliver tax services, and even became a Certified Tax Coach. This investment didn't generate a love for tax. Instead, it had the opposite effect. We noticed a common theme - turnover on tax teams run by professionals stronger in accounting especially during tax season.
Those who excelled at tax, but lacked the accounting experience usually hired bookkeepers, moving away from the CPA level technical expertise that was our standard.
We ultimately removed the requirement to offer both accounting and tax solutions and allowed CPAs to focus on their strengths and encouraged collaborations with other complimentary franchise owners.
Work-life harmony must come first.
In the beginning, we focused on top line growth and franchise owners were allowed to hire team within the first year. The training combined 2 stages of growth: Employee to Solo and Solo to Firm Owner. It was too much too soon. They were growing, but they weren't happy.
Realizing that we had misprioritized, we corrected course in 2023 and split the training system into 2 Tiers:
Tier 1 (Employee to six figure Solo practice)
Tier 2 (Solo to seven figure Firm)
This split allowed Tier 1 owners to enjoy a flexible, work-from-anywhere solo practices (working 20-40 hours per week). Those who wanted to grow into firm ownership could do so without external pressures.
The Tier 1 training shifted focus from top line growth and began a system of tracking work life harmony scores in 4 areas (finance, family, firm, and fitness). This resulted in a massive improvement in satisfaction and work life harmony scores increased to an avg 8/10 for each owner in 2024.
There is freedom in structure.
Though most of the tech stack was defined and under management at franchise launch in 2020, we gave owners the choice on which tax software and client workflow management tool they wanted to use. That freedom of choice took away family time and forced owners to research, train, and implement new systems.
Realizing more choices isn't always better, we selected the tax software and workflow management tool and took complete control of the tech stack in 2023.
Who We Work With
We work with leaders who know their business is capable of more than its current systems or culture allow.
Our clients are typically growth-stage companies: some launching with funding behind them, others mature organizations navigating a pivot. They've built something real. What they're missing isn't vision. It's the alignment, infrastructure, and execution required to get to the next stage without breaking what already works.
If you're scaling, pivoting, or rebuilding systems and culture that haven't kept pace with your ambition, we work as both strategic advisor and implementation partner — not a plan-and-leave engagement.
OUR TEAM.
Mayumi Young
Founder/CEO
Christine Silvas
Care Manager
Joan Weiss, CPA
Controller/Billing Manager
K'Lani Bowers
Financial/Billing Specialist
Dawn Goldberg, CPA
Community Manager
Gaurav Kamboj
Tech Manager
We are proud to be part of an organization where values and family still matter, where we enjoy all of the people we interact and collaborate with, and where everyday we have the opportunity to make a difference.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Mayumi
STRATEGY & SYSTEMS SAGE
Scalable Solutions Architect | Client Success Engineer | Financial Innovator
Clinton
MOMENTUM & PERFORMANCE ADVISOR
Revenue Advisor | Performance Coach | Keynote Speaker
Contact Us
Tell us a bit about your business, and we'll follow up to schedule a time to talk.
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Meet the Founder.
Mayumi Young
Entrepreneurship | Finance | Education
CEO of a Public Benefit Corporation & Founder of 4 mission driven ventures since 2000, Mayumi is a former CPA, Price Waterhouse auditor, and International Finance Director with over 30 years of accounting industry experience. She has personally consulted start-ups to Fortune 100 multinational corporations, and has launched & mentored countless entrepreneurs. Mayumi has faithfully served thousands of people around the globe, and has lived her passions: entrepreneurship, finance, and education.
"Makana" means "gift" in Hawaiian. Our mission is to inspire businesses to embrace accountability, transparency, and purpose—all while achieving financial success. If you're ready to elevate your business and make a global impact especially for women in business, Makana is here to help.
Aloha,
Mayumi
