Testimonials

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"I must say that thanks to you Matchcompany has a different feel to it now, a more sophisticated platform on which to present itself and many good systems – the only thing missing now is that I need to create ten of me to do the work. I think you are an amazing mentor and wonderful hands-on manager. You completely revamped my entire company and even created three new vertical revenue streams. I am very impressed with the formatting of the paperwork you did for me for clients wanting to advertise on the site. The design, look & feel and all the content you wrote for the website has literally transformed the core focus and the way I market my business. All I can say is thank you." - Rosie Bowie, Managing Director, Matchcompany Ltd. Wellington, NZ

“My wife contacted The Business Whisperer (Deborah Marlow) after hearing her show on Midwest radio. I gave her a pretty hard time as I had no use for another expensive consultant telling me what I already know, my business was in trouble. I only went with her because she offered a no-win no-fee service. I have to say I was amazed at the amount of work she did in her ‘7-day-triage’. On the first day she sat down in our office, picked up the phone and started collecting money from our debtors. I was and still am impressed that she did exactly what she said she was going to do. I recommend her services to anyone!” - Neil Egan, Aclare Plastics Ltd. Co Sligo, Ireland

“Under her administration as CEO of Award Software Inc., Deborah increased sales globally by over 25% each year while maintaining double-digit profitability without incurring debt or outside investment capital. I was continually amazed at her seemingly unlimited energy and fortitude. She was a smart, reliable director and excellent manager of the company.” - Rene Vishney, Chairman of the Board, Award Software Inc, US

“She helped me keep my beauty salon profitable when the market went downward.” - Owner, Mary Gannon Suay Salon, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland

“I’d hire her again in a heart-beat; she got the staff and the customers going and did a good job.” - Mark Parsons, Owner, Texaco Station & Deli Galway, Co Galway, Ireland

“Deborah set the standards very high for start-up businesses who are considering hiring staff with disabilities. We were impressed that in her company’s Business Plan, hiring & training one person from the disadvantaged community per shift (mental or physically challenged) was a pre-requisite for any potential Burritos ‘n Blues franchisee. She designed the grill kitchen and restaurant seating to respectfully accommodate wheel-chair both bound guests and staff. She even had the menu translated into Braille. She was by far the smallest company to win an award with only 8 employees. We were pleased to honour Deborah with the 2006 O2 Ability Award for Leadership." - Caroline Casey, founder of The Ability Awards & Kanchi, Ireland

“I found working with Pani Marlow refreshing. It was unfortunate that she left Prague before we were able develop most of the projects she presented to us for her Art Deco Cinema: ‘Kino 64 U Hradeb.” - Milos Forman, Movie Director and Board Member Barrandov a.s. Film Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

“She’s a cracker for sure! She didn’t pick me to be on her Board of Directors in Ireland but it was still fascinating to meet her. She’s too funny, think she should be on TV." - Marc Ginsberg, Former USA Ambassador to Morocco

“What can I say; Deborah is a ‘pile of beans’. She actually sang her way into a meeting of VCs to raise capital for one of her projects. She’s absolutely irrepressible when she has her sights set on something she wants. Although her presentation was unsuccessful, we’d didn’t fund her but we didn’t forget her either.” - Steve Jurvetson, Menlo Park, California, USA, Senior Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson ("DFJ") Venture Capital

“Deborah brought me in as an interim CEO at Award Software Inc. She used innovative and unfamiliar management methodologies to shake up the ‘good old boys’ administration in a positive, productive and ultimately profitable way.” - Ellen Lapham, Silicon Valley industrial designer, venture investor & one of the first women to attempt to climb Mt. Everest

“Deborah is a self-made power house of a business woman. She’s like the indefatigable Molly Brown of the Titanic. No matter what obstacle is in her (or her clients) way she finds a way to overcome the barrier. She has bottomless well of energy, keen intuition and solid business acumen. We asked her to join our company as our “Entrepreneur in Residence”. She was responsible for helping the management of our many incubated IT start-ups throughout Europe and train these young companies to develop successful sales skills and train the management how to ‘manage’ at a corporate level.” - Mr. Antonio Lorenzo, Managing Director of (In)³Incube Venture Capital Milano Italy