Research & Strategy

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The research behind every serious decision.

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Who We Are

A Firm Built for High‑Stakes Decisions

Most strategy advice is either too abstract to use or too cautious to matter. We built Louisburg the other way: concrete, opinionated, and on the hook for whether it works. We operate across business and government, and we take our name from Louisburg Square, Beacon Hill's quiet center of gravity for the better part of two hundred years.

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To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
John Adams
What We Do

How We Help.

Operational Turnaround

Find out why a business is losing money and fix it.

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Digital & Systems Modernization

Rebuild the website, set up the systems, automate the busywork.

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Startup & Growth Strategy

Planning for early-stage founders and small businesses.

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Opposition & Competitive Research

Opposition research for campaigns, competitive intelligence for business.

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Insights

The Unfortunate (and Reluctant) Argument

The Unfortunate (and Reluctant) Argument

In Favor of Appeasing Sports Owners and Keeping Teams in the Cities to Which They Belong

A Billion Dollars A Day

A Billion Dollars A Day

The War We Were Promised Would Never Happen

Washington State's Millionaire Tax

Washington State’s Millionaire Tax

A Democrat’s Case Against the Wrong Solution

The Barbarians or The Oracle

The Barbarians or The Oracle

Two Ways to Build an Empire

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About Louisburg Strategies

Who We Are

An advisory firm built on conviction, clarity, and results.

Our Story

Named for One of Boston's Most Historic Addresses

Louisburg Square sits at the heart of Beacon Hill: a private garden surrounded by brick townhouses that have served as the quiet center of Boston's civic, political, and business establishment for nearly two centuries. It is a place where influence has always been exercised with discretion, where strategy unfolds behind closed doors, and where lasting institutions are built.

Louisburg Strategies carries that tradition forward. We are a strategic advisory firm built for leaders making complex, high-stakes decisions who want a partner to help them get it right.

Our difference is fluency across sectors. Most firms pick one lane and stay in it. We move between business and politics, and each makes the other sharper. A corporate turnaround goes better when you know how to build a coalition. A campaign runs tighter with real operational discipline. The best strategies live at the intersections.

Leadership

Principal Consultant

Sterling Rettke
Sterling Rettke
Principal Consultant

Sterling Rettke founded Louisburg Strategies on a conviction that serious strategy shouldn't be reserved for those who can afford a large firm's retainer. What began as a focused practice has grown into a firm advising leaders across business and government.

His career spans every level of American politics. He has worked presidential, federal, and state campaigns, including the 2020 effort to elect President Biden. He has served as an organizer, fundraiser, campaign manager, and senior consultant.

That political fluency informs a broader advisory practice. Sterling has guided companies through operational turnarounds, modernized aging systems, and counseled early-stage founders, bringing the same rigor to a boardroom that he brings to a campaign.

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Services

What We Do

Four ways we help, across business and politics.

Operational Turnaround

Find out why a business is losing money and fix it. We took one company that had been in the red for three years and made it profitable again, without a single layoff.

Digital & Systems Modernization

Rebuild the outdated website, migrate the point-of-sale, automate the busywork. We moved a restaurant from Square to Toast, reworked the menu, and added dynamic pricing. Same-store sales up 32% year over year.

Startup & Growth Strategy

Strategic planning for early-stage founders and small businesses figuring out the next move.

Opposition & Competitive Research

Opposition research for campaigns, competitive intelligence and due diligence for business. Deep digging to find what others miss, before you need it.

Our Approach

How We Work

01

Diagnose

We start with analysis, not assumptions. Stakeholder interviews, data, market research, competitive benchmarking. The output is a clear-eyed view of where you actually stand.

02

Design

Options grounded in evidence and stress-tested against your reality. The deliverable is a plan with priorities, milestones, and named owners.

03

Deliver

Strategy without execution is just a deck. We stay with your team through implementation, build capability, clear obstacles, and make sure the plan actually ships.

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Research & Analysis

Insights

Data-driven research on the economic forces reshaping American industry and policy.

The Unfortunate (and Reluctant) Argument

The Unfortunate (and Reluctant) Argument

In Favor of Appeasing Sports Owners and Keeping Teams in the Cities to Which They Belong

A Billion Dollars A Day

A Billion Dollars A Day

The War We Were Promised Would Never Happen

Washington State's Millionaire Tax

Washington State’s Millionaire Tax

A Democrat’s Case Against the Wrong Solution

The Barbarians or The Oracle

The Barbarians or The Oracle

Two Ways to Build an Empire

Tools

Louisburg Trading Desk

A proprietary fundamental-analysis platform. Licensing available soon.

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Proud to announce our new proprietary tool: the Louisburg Trading Desk. It features sixteen sections of fundamental analysis and ninety-seven checkpoints that spin out a composite score for every corporation across every major index in the United States and internationally. Licensing will be available soon.

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Whether you're facing a strategic challenge, exploring new opportunities, or need a trusted advisor, we're ready to help.

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Email
info@louisburgstrategies.com
Phone
(617) 906-6665
Office Hours
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ET
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