About

Hi, I’m Carissa Daniels!

Small business owners are my people.

I like the idea of the owner who knows both their employees and their employees’ families.  The owner who sponsors the t-ball team. The small business that posts on their social media about the new small business across the street.  Successful small business owners are driven by their passion to create something meaningful and to bring value to others and the community, and that resonates with me. 

Because I am a champion of small businesses, my mission is to provide high-quality support that fits your budget. I take the time to get to know your business, care for it, and root for it as if it were my own. 

Like many of my clients, I founded my business because I march to the beat of my own drum.  I value having a say in where I spend my time and energy. I enjoy the freedom of checking my emails in my pajamas and taking lunchtime runs with my dog.

I offer my support so that my clients can have that same freedom to spend more time with their pets or partners or kids or crafting…whatever it is that they’d be doing if they weren’t spending time on bookkeeping.

Outside of the passion I hold for small business advocacy, I earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Boston College and a teaching certificate from Bridgewater State.  Prior to founding Consulting by Numbers, I worked in Account Management, Operations Management, Program Direction, Project Coordination, Sales, and Education.  

I look forward to hearing from you!

A glimpse into my world

I have 7 dogs — Bolt, Igloo, Tink, Clipper, Hannah, E-Claire, and Sriracha. Mushing is our primary sport (both on dryland and on snow — I’ve competed throughout New England as well as in New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin, and up in Canada!) on foot, scooter, bike, rig & sled.  We also dabble in dog dancing (called freestyle), some of them do lure coursing (like greyhounds) and we just started Clipper in weight pull.  In fact, I moved up to Maine from Boston 3 years ago to give the dogs more space & to pursue mushing more.  We also enjoy hiking (Tink and I are working 48 4,000 footers of NH - 17 done so far)


Foraging

This past summer, I started getting into foraging & even hosted a mushroom foray with our local mycological society at my house.  I also enjoy cutting flowers from my property & creating pretty bouquets for my Zoom background and weaving wreaths from grapevines.  I’m hoping to get a small cut flower business going within the next few years - dahlias & peonies to start and see where it goes from there.