ABOUT VENDOR BOOT CAMP©
Designed by small business owners.
For small business owners.
We advise, guide and train clients using our 5-Step Master-Your-Business Process©, accountability, and proven management tools. Vendor Boot Camp© is owned by Osborne Enterprises, Inc., in Birmingham, Alabama
Osborne Enterprises, Inc. · Birmingham, AL
Chambers Consulting client experiences since 1987 are celebrated in Vendor Boot Camp face to face and online workshops which was started in 2011
OUR MISSION, VISION & PHILOSOPHY
Three ideas. One north star.
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Our mission
To collaborate with small businesses to develop sustainable solutions that improve daily operations. We believe engaging in knowledge-sharing relationships helps business owners think through and discover solutions.
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Our vision
To be known as the operations consulting firm that helps to build empowered small business communities.
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Our philosophy
We don't just teach. We walk alongside. Operational expertise plus accountability — and a quiet insistence that you finish what you start.
MEET THE TEAM
A family of Operations Consultants.
Vendor Boot Camp© is run by the Chambers family — Harry, Linda and Hali — through their parent firm, Osborne Enterprises, Inc., founded in 1990 in Birmingham, Alabama.
CO-FOUNDER
OPERATIONS CONSULTANT · CO-FOUNDER
Harry Chambers, Jr.MBA
30+ years in management and accounting. Co-founder of Chambers Consulting, LTD, Osborne Enterprises, Inc., and Better Business Better Communities Research, Inc. Former International Auditor with Bank of America across the U.S., England, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Cyprus and Pakistan; Operations Officer at AmSouth Bank (now Regions); Tax Auditor at the Internal Revenue Service.
Author of More Than Qualified: Responding to the Trials, Troubles, & Triumphs of African-American Business Ownership.
MBA · SAMFORD UNIVERSITY
B.S. ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY
CO-FOUNDER
OPERATIONS CONSULTANT · CO-FOUNDER
Linda G. ChambersPhD
30+ years in accounting and auditing. Co-founder of Chambers Consulting, LTD, Osborne Enterprises, Inc., and Better Business Better Communities Research, Inc. Former Comptroller of the Bessemer City School System; Manager of Expense Planning at United Healthcare; Internal Auditor at Energen Corporation; Associate National Bank Examiner with the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Instructor of Accounting at Miles College.
Loves advising and teaching clients how to budget and manage daily business expenses.
PHD ACCOUNTING · CAPELLA
M.A. ACCOUNTING · UAB
B.S. · ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY
2ND GENERATION
OPERATIONS CONSULTANT · TALENT MANAGEMENT LEAD
Hali A. ChambersPhD
Second-generation family business owner. Specializes in talent management for small businesses — hiring, succession planning and entrepreneurial training. Built and facilitates the Talent Management: Hire Right & Train to Retain course through Vendor Boot Camp©.
Author of a children's book on entrepreneurship and founder of Little Bosses, kids' business workshops run through Better Business Better Communities Research, Inc. (BBBCR).
PHD BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY
M.A. I/O PSYCH · CHICAGO SCHOOL
B.S. · TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
OUR SOCIAL MISSION
Supporting underserved entrepreneurs.
Supporting underserved and underutilized entrepreneurs to promote business ownership, leadership skills, and entrepreneurial research that delivers innovative business results, business mentoring opportunities, and new business creation strategies in underserved and underutilized communities.
SUCCESS STORIES
Real owners. Real business results.
"The attention to strategy...pointing out that things must be done in a certain way to get positive results...that alone is priceless."
B. Brown
Owner, Pages and Post
"I liked how Vendor Boot Camp allowed us to have discussions with our peers. It allowed me, as a business owner, to learn from my peers and collaborate. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and activities. They were both engaging and an eye-opener to what can happen in my business."
K. M Knox
Owner, Vinehouse Nursery
"It has helped me to think outside of the box."
S. Mack
CEO, Mack Travel Agency