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What our clients say

 

The Make Me A Match!® concept is the brainchild of Sarah Lyu who recognized a growing need for equipping diverse business owners with the tools necessary to market their products and services to the corporate world.  Sarah developed a supplier evaluation methodology and process, which when incorporated into the normal networking process, gives potential clients more relevant information in their due diligence. Sarah's ability to set realistic goals, stay on target, and deliver within budget separates Sarah Lyu Consulting from her competition.  Her work ethic and commitment to help diverse business owners succeed is unparalleled.  Without Sarah Lyu Consulting, the Make Me A Match!® concept could not reach the success it has attained.

Richard Chacon
Vice President & Supplier Diversity Manager
Union Bank

In May of 2009, the National Association of Women Business Owners - San Francisco Bay Area Chapter held its first Procurement Summit to assist our membership in access to potential contracts. We could not have done the event without SLC. SLC evaluated our women business owners, made assessments based on the evaluations and matched the businesses with potential buyers who were looking for services. SLC helped us educate our members about the value of certification and how to better position themselves for doing business with corporations. SLC then stayed on site during the event to make sure that everything went according to plan. SLC's work is well structured, efficient and user friendly. We will happily continue our relationship with Sarah Lyu Consulting for our future procurement events.

Barbara Mark, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder
Full Circle Institute

Concinnity Group, Inc. was a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) participant in NAWBO's "Make Me A Match!®" event in the Spring of 2009 and again in the winter of 2010. Sarah Lyu played a key role in planning, qualifying, and matching WBEs with participating corporations. My company was successfully matched with a participating corporation which resulted in an on-going contract. Sarah's adroit interviewing ability was challenging, thorough, insightful and reflected her deep grasp and understanding of what was required to successfully qualify WBEs. I appreciated her patience and willingness to answer all my questions and coach me in the matching process. I would not hesitate to recommend Sarah Lyu Consulting for developing and implementing quality Supplier Diversity Programs.

Seritta Krafnick
President & CEO
Concinnity Group, Inc.

  

Make Me a Match! ®

Intelligent Business Matchmaking

Establishing mutually beneficial business relationships is a long and difficult process, and people participate in trade shows and matchmakers to achieve these common goals:

  • Learning about the capacity and needs of prospective business partners
  • Finding potential opportunities to best utilize the time spent
  • And, most importantly, closing new deals

In order to make the client to vendor interaction as efficient as possible, SLC developed its proprietary system, Make Me a Match!®. Our system focuses on key points in the trade show and meeting process to enhance the probability of valuable connections by effectively screening and matching sellers and buyers prior to any direct contact.

Make Me a Match!® is more than the increasingly common practice of pre-scheduling meetings with prospective partners; the key is gathering and sharing information between parties prior to an initial conversation. The essence of Make Me a Match!® allows you to understand the needs and capabilities of potential business partners, leading to more reasonable expectations, better meetings, and greater chances of successful contracts.

Contact us now to learn more about how Make Me a Match!® can exponentially increase the effectiveness of the next trade show or networking event you host.