2026 South Kitsap Business Kick Start

A collaboration between the South Kitsap Chamber and WinSource Group Consulting

Getting focused and taking the right actions is The Challenge.

Often, companies miss critical targets because their teams were simply putting time, effort and resources in the wrong places.

"WinSource created, led, and executed a strategic planning program that greatly enhanced my ability to lead my organization."

Howard Aronson, Managing Partner


Planning. Alignment. Accountability. Focus.

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We've helped hundreds of people gain alignment, productivity, and revenue by getting all of the cool things out of their heads and into an actionable plan.

How will you plan to be successful this year?

Lack of clarity will cause you and your team to pump the brakes.

Sometimes competing priorities or uncertainty can cause hesitation or distraction, leaving your team to focus on the work that feels most urgent—or that they enjoy the most. At the end of the year we look up and realize we didn’t achieve what we had hoped to accomplish. We look back and wonder if it was time well spent or if we could have done something different to deliver on the numbers we’d promised.

It doesn't matter if you are a entrepreneur or if you are running a multi million dollar organization, lack of clarity can make you feel like you are caught in a trap where business is slow to grow.

Whether it’s delivering on strategic objectives or hitting a sales target, the only way to create clarity, stay focused, and ensure alignment across an organization is through a concise, easily understood, visible, measurable plan.  

The Solution

Gain alignment, increase productivity, drive revenue, and hit your objectives.

If you are:

A Solo-prenuer, entrepreneur, or a just have a great business idea-

Getting started is tough. We'll cover all the basics, saving you time, frustration, and speeding up your time to aquire customers.

Running a business, but sales are slower than you had hoped-

Sometimes we all need a kick start - someone to help us with focus, give us a guiding hand, or sometimes we need a butt-kicking accountibility coach. If so, this course will feel like a personal trainer for your business allowing you to start the new year right.

Dealing with changes to the business-

Often, what we started out dreaming of changes due to market demand, new good ideas, the influence of others, or even just the passage of time. If that has happened to you and your business, then this may be the recalibration you need to get focused and start having the productive sales conversations.

Here's the 2025 South Kitsap Kick Start Plan


Four sessions to kick start your business in 2026


The South Kitsap Chamber of Commerce in partnership with WinSource will be offering a four session series to help bring clarity, focus, and actions to your business. 2025 is poised to be a great year to grow your business and we want you to be ready.

These sessions are geared toward companies that sell business to business products and services but will benefits anyone that is involved in sales or customer aquisition.

The sessions do build off of each other and are great to attend as a series. However, you are also welcome to sign up for just the sessions you find most applicable.

Session length 1.5-2 hours with additional post session self-paced work.

Sessions will be a mix of companies and fellow chamber members. However, you will have plenty of opportunity to tailor the content to your specific business.


The Sessions


1) The Business Model Canvas and Pricing Strategy

The first session will help you get your business organized. We'll cover the basics of why your business operates, who it serves, how it will make money, and how you'll position it so you can acquire customers and get revenue flowing. We'll even walk you through a pricing module to help you get clear on what you should be charging for your services.


2) Ideal Customer Profile and Personas

This workshop will help you get laser focused on who you are chasing. Too often new businesses market to the wrong crowd, post and pray for a social following that never happens, or worse they take on starter customers at a discount just to get revenue flowing. Any of these can cripple a business. We'll help you build an Ideal Customer Profile and also build a plan to find your idea buying personas. This will help you put your efforts in the right places and ensure the deals you chase are right for your business.


3) Value Proposition and Positioning Your Business

To attract customers, you have to tell the story of your business in their language, not yours. When people ask you about your business you have only seconds to catch interest. If you stumble all over yourself trying to describe it, if it takes 5 minutes and a sketchpad to get the idea across, or if you find people stare blankly at you while words continue to fall out of your mouth - you need this session. This session focuses on getting clear about why prospects need your services, how they will benefit, and helps you create talk-tracks that will grab attention without being 'sales-y'. After this workshop, you'll never be at a loss for just the right words when someone asks what you do. This will greatly improve your sales conversation and will help a ton when networking.

4) Goal Setting and Starting The Sales Engine

There are many sales blockers - time management, misaligned priorities, not selling the right way, and fear are things that can slow you down or cause progress to stall. In this session, we'll help you organize your time, get laser focused, and remove any barriers that may be standing in the way of you getting your message to your prospects. We will also discuss best practices for sales activity, how to best structure your selling time, and get you some easy to employ actions that will help you see results quickly.

The Results

Here is what other business leaders like you have seen through our process.

  • "Our sessions could not have gone better! I admire their skillset at facilitating a single meeting across the levels of our organization, from the Board of Directors to my Admin Team." Leanne Noren, Executive Director

  • "Nearly every training I have ever attended was somehow off the mark, some a waste of time. Our time with WinSource was well spent. The material and pace was very good and the lessons learned and tools obtained will take us to the next level of excellence." John Flink, CEO

Introduction To WinSource


What WinSource Does:

Our team of field-tested sales practitioners and learning development experts delivers world-class content and customized programs to minimize distraction and align to your rhythm of business, leading to increased performance and lasting results.

Meet Mark...

Mark is an expert at driving sales performance, keeping focus on customers, and keeping things simple. For 30 years, Mark has held every sales role out there- from Business Manager to Vice President of Sales and Enablement for a $2.5B publicly traded company. Whether its strategic planning, sales process development, sales training, customer acquisition & engagement, sales team performance, or system and tool adoption - Mark would love to talk to your team about it. ​

As a skilled facilitator, trainer, and public speaker, Mark enjoys connecting with people in any size group. He has had speaking engagements in small groups and auditoriums of 5000 people. What is unique is his ability to adapt materials and his way of speaking to the audience and the situation. This leads to a better outcome, better audience engagement, and an overall better experience. ​

Here is what former audience members have said:

“Watching Mark Winter speak to a group is one of the most interactive and connected experiences I’ve had professionally, even when that group had hundreds of people in it.”- Dustin, Enterprise Sales ​

“A gifted presenter and coach, Mark uses his know-how as a sales veteran to engage salespeople by sharing down-to-earth skills that help them get to yes with customers.” – Devin, Sr. Communication Manager ​

“He is full of personality and his energy when he speaks about his passion is contagious. It is obvious that he loves what he does. My personal description of Mark “Sales Jedi Master. “ – Marlinda, Market Manager​

“Mr. Winter has a gift that brings light into a room when speaking. His ability to engage a group of people while delivering a message surrounded by knowledge and incredible energy will always leave you inspired and reflecting back with forward-thinking motivation. Bar none, at the top of my list!” – Matt, Managing Partner​

“If someone is ever tasked with building a world-class sales organization, Mark Winter should be their 1st draft choice.” – John, Staffing Company President


Running a business can be intimidating, let us show you how to make it easy.

-Smart Sales Simplified-


We're Ready

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