Sterling Partners has enjoyed a long and successful history of working with Fred and Paul Jacobs. They provided valuable research to us in our early days of investing in radio and we found them to be invaluable partners to our growth. As our firm evolved into a fund model in which we invest both our own and institutional money, we engaged Jacobs Strategies to better understand the customer at one of our portfolio companies. The value they provided to us was exceptional, so much so that nearly every one of our portfolio companies is now using them for research.

Steven Taslitz
Senior Managing Director
Sterling Partners

I like the outstanding value and service that Jacobs Strategies continually provides to us. When you manage a portfolio of many companies with strong independent leadership teams, the last thing you want to do is impose a particular consultant on them. At Sterling, we continually look to accelerate value and implement “best practices” in our portfolio. Jacobs has made our approach easier as a result of the consistently high-quality work they provide and the response we have gotten from our portfolio company senior managers. We don’t have to sell Jacobs Strategies, the word of mouth satisfaction from CEO to CEO does it for us.

Richard Federico
Managing Director
Sterling Partners

We found Jacobs Strategies to be an invaluable resource in the development of the communication strategy for a recent Dodge launch.  Dodge was talking to a young male market that it hadn’t spoken to in a long time, and Jacobs Strategies gave us interesting insights into the cultural currency of our target market.

Fred Sattler
EVP, General Manager
PHD Detroit

The Jacobs team has the unique ability to quickly understand the key issues of any business and gather meaningful data to help managers make informed decisions. The work they have done for us has taken us out of the “anecdotal fog” that many companies fall into, where we think we know what our customer thinks, to a place where we really know what they think because they tell us. The data that Jacobs Strategies provides has helped us make decisions on new business lines, acquisitions, and management time allocation and behavior. They are a key part of our business process.

Darryl G. Schimeck
President
Atlantic Plant Services, Inc.

We used Jacobs Strategies to design and conduct exploratory focus groups for a potential new radio station we are bidding on in the UK. We were impressed with their ability to quickly assess our needs and design a project that provided us with the information we needed to move the project forward. And despite being "Yanks," their focus group moderating style fit right into our culture.  Most importantly, they did more than just follow our discussion guide. They understood our needs and were able to adjust to what the respondents were saying. They provided us with much more information and insight than we expected, because they are more than just researchers - they are strategists.

Clive Dickens
Programme & Operations Director
Absolute Radio

The market research that you provided in both engagements this year has assisted us in implementing a more strategic and focused path for the growth and development of our start-up restaurant company.  The processes you have developed for your services made it very easy for us as the client. The preliminary discussions to understand our project objectives as well as our business are thorough and thought provoking. The methodology of conducting the research is equally professional. The on-site intercepts you performed in Palatine were seamless and very informative. The focus groups you performed for our Chicago Loop location were equally informative and extremely well executed. Finally, the research reports and conclusions are very comprehensive, providing details and information as thorough as any end user could expect or want.

William Post
Founder & President
Roti Mediterranean