About Us

Rick Raymond comes from a family of small business owners - his grandfather and great-grandfather were small business owners, and he grew up listening at the dinner table to his father’s conversations about his construction business.  In addition, his sister and two brothers are also small business owners.

Rick started, built and sold an environmental management business, as well as started two successful not-for-profit organizations. All of these began with finding a need and building an organization to address that need. He brings that experience to his clients along with a talent in helping people achieve personal and professional growth.

Rick has a graduate degree in marine biology, and spent three years in the Peace Corps, working with the Chilean National Fisheries Development Institute where he worked on a fishing boat of Cape Horn on the southern tip of South America. After the Peace Corps, Rick worked for Cornell University, educating teachers about the oceans. While in this position he led the effort to start the New York State Marine Education Association. Afterwards, working for the New York State Legislative Commission on Science and Technology, he started BrooklynWorks, a not-for-profit regional business-to-business exhibition to promote small business and manufacturing in Brooklyn, New York.

Coastal Consultants, which he started in 1984 and sold in 2006, provided environmental planning, regulatory, engineering, and construction management services. Running this firm was his graduate school in business and a life lesson in the struggles of the entrepreneur. He was the first to provide this service in New York State, following the enactment of specific environmental regulations.

Drawing upon his experience and ability to connect with people, Rick went on to train as a business coach. In 1996, he started Richard Raymond Associates, Inc., an organizational and leadership development firm, to be a catalyst for small business owners and professionals transitioning from an owner-dependent business to an organization creating equity on its own.

Rick is an amateur photographer, having bought a digital SLR after being a 35-mm photographer for many years. He says that photography helps us pay attention to the little things in life that have significance, which is what’s important when working with people and in business.

Rick has important relationships with experts in complementary areas including presentation skill coaching, personal coaching, family business, sales training, small business fiscal management, financial planning, and personnel counseling that he draws upon to support his clients’ needs.

Business leaders of all kinds have changed their organizations as a result of working with us. You can too. Call us at 212-777-0083 and we’ll discuss how your business can work for you, rather than you continuing to work for your business.

If you are ready to take your business to the next level, Contact Us today to set up a free initial consultation.