March 25, 2015, Irvine, California – Blue Stone Strategy will participate in the Indian Gaming Conference, scheduled in San Diego, CA, March 30th – April 2nd. Members of the Blue Stone Team will be presenting two informative workshops and will also be available to...
The Blue Stone Team
Blue Stone Strategy Group: Client Success Is Our Success
As seen in Indian Country Today... By Gale Courey Toensing- What’s a good way to evaluate the job performance of a company that offers tribal governments, businesses and organizations advice on good governance and economic development? The answer is found in...
Preparing for Prosperity; Modernizing Your Tribal or Organizational Structure
Organizational structure refers to the arrangement of authority, rights and responsibilities of an organization, all of which are directed toward the pursuit and achievement of its goals. It specifies rules, procedures and operations, and determines who the decision...
Eyes on the Prize:Blue Stone Strategy Group Encourages Tribes to Stay Focused
Tribal funding represents a tiny sliver in overall spending, but the impact of the federal government’s automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, will be felt immediately. “By my count,” wrote Mark Trahant, in his Austerity blog, “there will be at least $386...
Building A Tribal Legacy; Involve Your Community
Over the last six years Blue Stone Strategy Group has been assisting Tribes throughout the country in their efforts to strike a balance between addressing immediate needs and investing in long-term sustainability. We are all familiar with crisis response mode –...
Recreation
A large New York Tribe was considering closing its campground and came to Blue Stone for assistance. We assessed their portfolio of businesses, 20 in all, and mapped them against each other based on returns and risk. The results showed that while the campground did...
Real Estate
A Southern California Tribe had real estate holdings across the country. Blue Stone visited each site and conducted bottom up market value assessment of each property. One property included high end professional apartments in Washington, D.C. The Tribe was ready to...
Healthcare
Blue Stone assessed and summarized key problems relevant to a Tribe’s health encompassing the goals, objectives and actions. We also addressed the needs and unmet needs of the area, as well as approaches to overcoming the unmet needs, and the resources available to...
Manufacturing
Our client was producing specialized construction blocks made directly from large deposits of volcanic lava for member housing. Our assessment determined the Tribe was sitting on a tremendous business opportunity. The blocks had a high thermal retention value, and can...
Ranching
Blue Stone conducted a comprehensive assessment for a Tribe’s 120,000 acre cattle ranch in the Southwest. After reviewing the ranch cost structure and herd value, we identified four key areas of improvement including organic expansion, native beef certification,...
Agriculture
Blue Stone’s experience in farming operations includes a full scale assessment of a 15,000 acre farming operation consisting of five major crops in rotation and almost 100 employees. Our team assessed the entire business with additional focus on custom...
Natural Resources
Our Tribal client operated a sand and gravel plant in the 1970s and 80s that eventually closed due to lack of revenue. The relaunch of this plant was initially investigated, but was halted when research revealed intense price pressure/competition and low market demand...