Project management for small businesses

You know what you want to make happen. Let’s get it done.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. Bring me the idea, the deadline, or simply what needs to happen, and we’ll work out the way forward together.

What are you working on?

Something with a finish line.

  • Fair or event
  • Launch or new service
  • New or expanding location
  • Website or digital project
  • Campaign
  • New system or tool
  • A change inside the business
  • That project that keeps getting postponed

Or simply something with too many moving pieces to manage alone. You don’t need to know exactly how to get there. That’s something we can figure out together.

How we work

From the first conversation to the finish line.

  1. 01

    We talk.

    Bring everything you have. The idea, the date, the half-finished thoughts, the WhatsApp messages, the things you’re not sure about. It doesn’t need to be organised. Organising it is my job.

  2. 02

    We figure it out, and I build the structure.

    I ask questions, we look at the options, and I help spot the things that might otherwise get missed. Then I build one shared place where the whole project lives: what’s decided, what’s next, who’s doing what, and what’s waiting on whom.

  3. 03

    I keep it moving until it’s done.

    Deadlines, follow-ups, suppliers, decisions, and the problems that show up halfway through. If something changes, we change the plan.

  4. Finish line

    Then the doors open. The website goes live. The launch happens. The thing that’s been sitting on your list finally gets done.

You keep running the business. I keep the project moving.

One place

Your project gets its own place.

No generic template, and no system you have to learn.

Project room · Studio Kielo
Studio opening
Saturday 14 November
Doors open 10:00 · 7 weeks to go

Ready to welcome customers on opening day.

Where we are now

Lease signed, contractor booked, opening date set. This week is about the signage and the opening offer. Nothing is late.

Needs your decision
  • Exterior signagetwo options ready
  • Opening offerby Friday
Maris is handling
  • Launch photography
  • Printed materials
  • Opening-week posts
Waiting on
  • Printer proofdue Thursday
Decisions
Two things only you can decide.
Exterior signage

Two quotes in, both within budget. Option A is warmer and matches the interior. Option B is easier to read from across the street.

Needed by Fri 2 Oct
Opening offer

A first-visit discount, or a small gift with every booking in opening week. Both are ready to go once you choose.

Needed by Fri 2 Oct

Decided earlier: opening date, colour scheme, booking system.

Budget
€3,850 planned of €5,000.
Signagequotes in€1,200
Launch photographybooked€450
Printed materialswaiting on proof€380
Opening-week marketing€600
Furniture & fit-outpaid€1,220

€1,150 still unallocated, kept aside for surprises.

Example workspace. Yours won’t look exactly like this, because it isn’t supposed to.

Everything has a place. You always know where we stand.

Pricing

How much help do you need?

Some projects just need a good start. Others need someone there all the way to the finish line.

Project setup from €390 + VAT

We figure it out together. I create the structure, the plan and your project’s own workspace. You take it from there.

Good for a project you can run yourself once it has a shape.

  • A working session to unpack the project: what needs to happen, in what order, and what’s still open
  • The plan, the decisions and the important details, laid out clearly
  • Your own project workspace, ready to use

Every project is different, so these are starting points, not fixed packages. A small, contained project starts there; a bigger one costs more, depending on the scope, the timeline, how complex it is and how involved you need me to be. Either way, you’ll know exactly what it costs before we begin: after we talk it through, you get a clear proposal and an agreed price. The price is for the project, not by the hour.

Maris working at her laptop in a café
Meet Maris

Hi, I’m Maris.

I’m naturally drawn to the point where an idea becomes complicated: when there are people, deadlines, decisions and a lot of moving pieces that somehow need to come together.

My background is in Tourism & Event Management and project management, and I run my own business, so I know what it’s like to have the idea and also be the one responsible for making it happen.

Read my story
Questions

Things you might still be wondering.

What is a personalised project workspace?

Many projects get run in standard tools and templates, and for a lot of people that works. My approach is different: I build the workspace around your project, so it holds what this project needs and nothing it doesn’t.

A wedding fair might need stand planning, products, purchases, suppliers, marketing materials, deadlines, ideas, decisions and a budget. A new location might need contractors, permits, purchases, signage, website updates, launch preparation, a budget and an opening timeline.

Whatever it holds, it gives us one place to see where the project stands, what happens next, what I’m handling, what you need to decide, what we’re waiting for, and the information that matters. It isn’t software you buy. It’s where the plan lives while we get the project done.

How much does it cost?

Project setup starts from €390 + VAT and Project management from €750 + VAT. Both are starting points for a small, contained project. The final price depends on the scope, the timeline, how complex it is and how involved you need me to be, and you get a clear proposal before any work begins.

What kind of projects can you help with?

Fairs and events. Launches and new services. Opening or expanding a location. Websites and digital projects. Campaigns. Introducing a new system or tool, or changing how something works in the business. And the projects that have been sitting unfinished because nobody has had time to pull everything together.

If you’re not sure whether yours fits, tell me what you’re trying to make happen.

Do I need to have everything figured out before I contact you?

No. Come with an idea, a deadline, scattered notes, a few messages, the things you already know and the things you don’t. Asking the questions, spotting what’s missing and working out the way forward is part of the job.

What if I only need help setting the project up?

Then Project setup is the right fit. We work through the project together, I create the structure, the plan and the workspace, and you run it yourself from there. You don’t have to hire me for the rest.

Can you stay involved throughout the whole project?

Yes. That’s Project management. I stay with the project from setup to the finish line: keeping track of the moving pieces, coordinating suppliers and people, following up, and making sure the next thing actually happens.

Do you work online or in person?

Mostly online, which suits most projects. When it genuinely helps, I can also meet in person in the Helsinki area.

Start here

Tell me about your project.

A few quick choices and your email. Then we talk, online or in person, and take it from there.

Working in English or Finnish Based in the Helsinki area Prefer to just write? info@asoleia.com

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