Autonomous Mind provides business planning and communication services to small businesses and startups. Our mission is to help clients develop their vision and articulate it to customers, investors, and stakeholders.

We pursue our mission by helping clients:

• Translate ideas and vision into a well-articulated, actionable business plan and supporting management processes
• Create and maintain a clean, professional online presence
• Communicate externally and internally with customers, investors, and stakeholders

Joseph Pagano is the Managing Partner for Autonomous Mind Consulting. He most recently served as Manager, Marketing Communications for Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation.

Joseph has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University (1995) and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007).

Tyler Sachse is a Senior Consultant for Autonomous Mind Consulting. He most recently served as Supervisor, Marketing Writing for Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation.

Tyler has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002). He begins work towards an MBA from the same institution later this year (2010).

Autonomous Mind also contracts with a network of professionals to provide additional support and specialty services to our clients, as needed. In the vast majority of cases when we engage contractors, Autonomous Mind remains the sole and primary point of contact for our clients and remains accountable for the performance and professionalism of all contractors.

AMC’s operations and strategic plan are guided by these primary values:

1. Sustainability. We believe strategic, economic, social, and environmental sustainability are fundamental to the long-term success of individuals and human society. Similarly, we believe businesses that embrace sustainable business practices will outperform those that do not.
2. Affordability. We are committed to ensuring our services are available to small businesses and local organizations with limited cash flow. We also fully-finance two business planning or website development projects each year on behalf of promising entrepreneurs who lack sufficient funding to pay for our services.
3. Client empowerment. We are committed to helping you enjoy a prosperous, sustainable future in which you could, if desired, dispense with our services altogether. We want you to choose us because it makes sense for you and because we offer services that you really need, not because you have no choice.
4. Partnership. We are committed to developing diverse networks of clients and partners who share like-minded values. Such networks offer mutual opportunities for insight and growth, and foster collaboration in an increasingly competitive and complex global economy.