Baltimore, MD — Alexis Coates, founder of Alexis Coates Consulting, today announced the launch of alexiscoates.com, the new online home of his consulting practice. The site brings together more than 15 years of consulting experience and 12 years of owning and operating businesses, offering AI adoption and enablement, business strategy and growth, and agile delivery leadership to small businesses, government contractors, and organizations in the middle of change.
The Alexis Coates Consulting Approach: Assess, Align, Advance
The practice is built on a simple three-step methodology — Assess, Align, Advance. Engagements begin with an honest assessment of where a business stands, align its people, processes and priorities around a practical plan, and advance in measured steps that produce results the business can see. Coates holds certifications in ITIL V3, ISO/IEC 20000, Scrum (Scrum Master) and Product Ownership, and has spent his career working at the intersection of technology delivery and business leadership.
Four Problems, Practical Solutions
That approach is already being put to work on the problems owners bring to the practice every week:
The overextended owner-operator. In many small businesses, the owner personally carries scheduling, follow-up emails, invoicing reminders and a dozen other routine tasks. The solution starts with an AI Efficiency Audit to find the hours hiding in that routine work, then introduces practical AI tools and simple automations for drafting, scheduling and follow-up — returning time to the owner for the work only they can do.
The team whose projects always run late. When delivery depends on heroics instead of a system, deadlines slip and clients feel it. The solution is an agile delivery reset: disciplined intake — supported by CoreLex Intake, the agile intake application Coates built — a steady sprint cadence, and clear product ownership, so work becomes visible, prioritized and predictable.
The owner who knows AI matters but can’t separate signal from hype. With hundreds of tools competing for attention and budget, the wrong purchase is easy and the right first step is unclear. The solution is a structured assessment scored by impact and effort, a written AI use policy that keeps the business and its data protected, and a sequenced 90-day plan that starts with the few use cases that pay back fastest.
The government contractor working under federal scrutiny. Contractors and the agencies they serve operate under compliance requirements, heavy reporting burdens and deadlines that do not move. The solution pairs service management grounded in ITIL and ISO/IEC 20000 with agile delivery discipline, and adds practical AI support for documentation, status reporting and proposal work — so teams meet the standard, can prove they met it, and deliver on schedule.
A Flagship AI Course for Small Business Owners
A centerpiece of the new site is “AI for Small Business: The Practical Playbook,” a flagship interactive online course from Alexis Coates Consulting. Across eight modules and 40 lessons and assessments, business owners learn to identify their best AI opportunities, apply AI to marketing, operations and customer experience, write a responsible AI use policy, and finish with a written 90-day AI action plan. The course includes quizzes with instant feedback, hands-on worksheets and a certificate of completion. Enrollment is now open at an early-bird price of $297.
To mark the launch, business owners can book a free 15-minute AI Efficiency Audit directly on the site — a focused phone call identifying where AI can save a business time and money, with no obligation.
“Most small business owners don’t need more AI hype — they need a practitioner who will tell them honestly where AI helps, where it doesn’t, and what to do first. That’s what this practice has always been about: rigorous thinking, straight answers, and plans that survive contact with the real world. AlexisCoates.com simply puts that within everyone’s reach.” — Alexis Coates, Founder, Alexis Coates Consulting
Books, Media and Ventures
The site also showcases Coates’s books, including “12 Great Business Principles” and “12 Great Business Principles for Kids,” part of a ten-book catalog available on Amazon. In addition to his consulting practice, Coates is the Founder and Publisher of Black Business Review, the digital business publication he has owned for 12 years; founder of Orbit by BBR, the professional community platform; founder and managing partner of Laundrifi Capital LLC; and founder of Coates Publishing.
Businesses interested in consulting services from Alexis Coates Consulting, the AI course, or a free AI Efficiency Audit can visit alexiscoates.com and book directly through the site’s consultation section.
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