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Get to Know Our Founder Ashleigh Kirsten

JamesAdmin · May 22, 2024 · Leave a Comment

Ashleigh Kirsten, RN, BSN, Licensed Real Estate Agent

CEO, Founder & Executive Consultant, AK Consultants & Healthcare

Ashleigh Kirsten is the CEO and founder of AK Consultants & Healthcare, LLC, the nation’s only full-service growth management company for post-acute care healthcare businesses. Called to bring together healthcare talent and harness their collective insight and perspective, Ashleigh started the consultancy in 2017 and has expanded its service offerings to include business development, recruitment, marketing, operations, and acquisition management.

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AK Consultants & Healthcare and CrossRoads Business Brokers bring one-stop growth services to healthcare businesses

JamesAdmin · April 12, 2024 · Leave a Comment

Tampa, Fla., – AK Consultants & Healthcare is collaborating with CrossRoads Business Brokers to bring enhanced growth management and specialized acquisition planning expertise to post-acute healthcare businesses. This alliance creates a seamless approach whereby the AK team grows the business to sell and transitions the client into an effective exit process with CrossRoads. With a collective four decades of experience by AK CEO and CrossRoads president, both firms have a strong national presence and share a philosophy for doing what’s in the best interest of the client.

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What is a CRM and how can it help my business?

Curtis Bickler · January 18, 2023 · Leave a Comment

If you are a business owner, you know you are nothing without customers. You may be spending time and resources focusing on how to attract as many customers as possible. This is because you also know that gaining customers is key to growth. However, there is a metric that is just as—if not more—important than quantity of customers: customer retention. Basically, you want to build more than just a one-time transaction. Customers that keep coming back prove that you are doing something right.

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Is it time for an efficiency assessment?

JamesAdmin · October 12, 2022 · Leave a Comment

When medical practices or businesses see lagging revenue, they most often look to grow their business through sales and marketing initiatives. Higher expenses means a practice needs to grow patient volume, yes? What happens, though, when even those efforts are not enough to help you reach revenue targets?

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Nurses Week Is Important

JamesAdmin · May 9, 2022 · Leave a Comment

Every year the Healthcare Industry celebrates Nurses Week from May 6 – May 12. Many may not know that the last day is also Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Before I took my nursing career experience into business, I did not recognize the fact that Florence Nightingale was also a phenomenal nursing entrepreneur.

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