Consulting and mentoring

We work through your situation together — in one meeting or over three months

One-to-one consulting and mentoring for owners and executives. Sales, processes, teams, putting AI to work. Come with a specific situation and leave with a plan of action.

9 years in practice 300+ companies worked through From a single meeting to ongoing support The first call is free

The first call — free, 15 minutes

Sergey Didenko
Sergey DidenkoFounder of OnStudy
What people come to me with

Real phrases from first calls

I invented none of these — this is how owners and executives describe the problem themselves.

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Plenty of enquiries, flat revenue — I cannot see where we are losing them

owner, wholesale trade
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Everything rests on me and I cannot take a holiday

studio owner, 18 people
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I hired a sales director and things only got worse

entrepreneur, services
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I want to bring in AI but do not know where to start or what to hand over

production director
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The team works, but everyone does it their own way

operations director
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We are growing but profit is not

owner of a four-location chain
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Worn out from firefighting other people's tasks twelve hours a day

department head
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I have money to invest in growth and do not know where to put it first

entrepreneur

Recognise your own situation? Then we have something to talk about

Book a free 15 minutes
Ways of working

Choose how we work

Prices are open. The format can change along the way — payments are recalculated and credited.

One-off consultation

90 minutes

$230per meeting
Who it is for
There is one specific question and I need an outside view.
How it works
You send the background material beforehand, I prepare, and we meet over video.
What you get
A recording of the meeting and a written summary with the decision and a 30-day plan.
Choose a format

Business diagnostic

3 meetings in 2 weeks

$690for the diagnostic
Who it is for
You can tell something is not working, but not what exactly.
How it works
We look at the numbers, the processes and the team, find the bottlenecks and set priorities.
What you get
A prioritised map of problems, a quarterly plan, and the expected effect of every step.
Choose a format
Most popular choice

Mentoring

3 months, meetings once a week

$2,300in 3 months
Who it is for
You do not need advice, you need support all the way to the result.
How it works
Weekly 60-minute meetings, a chat between them, and a review of your documents and decisions.
What you get
Changes actually implemented, not ideas. We work to a result, not to the end of a program.
Choose a format

Ongoing support

6 months minimum

from $920per month
Who it is for
The company is growing and I need someone alongside me permanently.
How it works
Two meetings a month plus messenger access, and involvement in the key decisions.
What you get
You stop making the important decisions on your own.
Choose a format
Payment under contract, with full paperwork for companies. Monthly payment is possible.
How the work goes

Five steps — from your enquiry to a plan in your hands

1

You send an enquiry

Two minutes: your contact details, what the company does and what is worrying you.

2

A free 15-minute call

We get acquainted and I tell you straight whether I can help in your situation.

3

You send the background

Your numbers, your structure, what you have already tried. I prepare before we meet.

4

Meeting

We deal with the problem itself — no lectures, no theory.

5

A summary, a plan and the recording

They are yours to keep, and you can pass them to your team.

Honestly

When I will turn the work down

  • If you need a guaranteed revenue figure — nobody can honestly promise that.
  • If you want the work done for you — I help you make decisions, I do not replace your team.
  • No readiness to change how things are done — then it is money wasted.
  • A business deep in crisis and in debt — that calls for a turnaround manager, not a consultant.
  • If you are looking for motivation and inspiration — not my department.

If after the free call I can see that I cannot help, I will say so plainly and point you to someone who can.

Sergey Didenko
About me

Sergey Didenko

For nine years I have been doing the same thing: taking a business apart and putting it back together so that it runs without the owner steering it by hand.

I started in sales — making the calls, running the negotiations and doing the pipeline maths myself. Then I built sales teams, for my own companies and for clients. It became clear that sales is rarely the whole problem, so I moved on to processes, the financial model and the team as a whole.

Alongside that I built OnStudy — an education company running since 2016. It is my own business, with all the same problems: hiring, unit economics, automation, putting AI into everyday work. I speak from running it, not from theory.

I consult because I keep seeing the same pattern: owners live with a problem for years that an outsider can see in ninety minutes. My job is to compress those years into one conversation and a clear plan.

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Where you can find me
Founder of the OnStudy education company Telegram channel Talks on YouTube Articles and interviews
Cases

What changed for the people I have worked with

Company names are withheld by agreement — the industry, the size and the numbers are real.

A. K.
Owner, wholesale packaging4 sales reps · 3 months
Mentoring
Request
Plenty of enquiries, flat revenue.
What we did
A first-contact playbook, lead qualification and a follow-up system.
Result
Conversion to a conversation 34% → 61%, revenue +23% per quarter.
D. M.
Director, ventilation installation18 people · 2 weeks
Diagnostic
Request
The owner signed off on every single quote.
What we did
We set approval limits and made one person the owner of the process.
Result
Just freed up 11 hours a week, and missed deadlines down by 40%.
I. S.
Agency founder24 people · 8 months
Ongoing support
Request
We are growing but profit is not.
What we did
We rebuilt the service line-up and the pricing, and dropped the loss-making projects.
Result
Same revenue, profit +34%.
P. R.
Co-owner, furniture manufacturingone meeting
One-off
Request
Bringing in AI, with no idea where to start.
What we did
In 90 minutes we picked three processes and set the order of rollout.
Result
Preparing a proposal with 2 hours to 15 minutes, saving ~40 hours per month.
Reviews

What people say afterwards

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I came in with a question about advertising and left understanding that we were losing money on the first phone call. Six weeks later we stopped losing weekend enquiries — that alone added more revenue than our entire traffic budget.

A. K.
Alexander K.wholesale packaging, name withheld
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The main thing: for the first time in four years I took a two-week holiday and the company kept running. We worked out which decisions genuinely had to be mine, and which ones I was simply refusing to let go of.

D. M.
Dmitry M.ventilation installation, 18 people
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What I valued was that on the first call Sergey said plainly that we did not need mentoring — a diagnostic would do. In three meetings we got a list of nine problems in priority order. Eight months later we had closed six of them.

I. S.
Irina S.agency, 24 people
Estimate

What doing nothing costs

Work out what your time in day-to-day operations costs you — the numbers stay in your browser.

Your time in day-to-day operations—
Revenue growth of just 10%—
A one-off consultation pays for itself at a result of—

This is a rough estimate, not a promise. Exact figures are worked out in the diagnostic.

Book a free 15 minutes

Simply to see whether working together makes sense. No slide decks, no sales pitch.

Your situation

I call back personally, not a sales department. Your number is never passed on.

A free 15-minute call, simply to see whether working together makes sense. Pick a time that suits you and the team will confirm it when they call.

Enquiry received

The team will get in touch and confirm the time. If your plans change, message me on Telegram and we will move it.

Questions

What people usually ask before the call

What is the difference between a consultation and mentoring?

A consultation is a single deep-dive: you get an outside view, a decision and a 30-day plan, and you implement it yourself from there. Mentoring is support through the implementation: we meet every week, go through your documents and decisions, and correct course until the changes actually take hold.

What if after the first meeting it turns out a different format is needed?

We recalculate and credit what you have paid. If a one-off consultation leads into a diagnostic or into mentoring, the cost of that meeting is deducted from the new format.

Do you work online or in person?

Online by default, over video — it suits us both, because spreadsheets and documents can be shared on the spot. In-person meetings are possible by separate arrangement.

Will you sign an NDA?

Yes, signed before any materials change hands. If you have your own form of agreement, send it over and I will work to it.

Can a company pay for this?

Yes. We work under a contract, I issue an invoice and provide the closing paperwork. Mentoring and ongoing support can be paid monthly.

What if it is not right for me after the first meeting?

On longer formats I refund unused meetings, no questions asked. A one-off consultation is paid for only after we have agreed on the free call that you actually need it.

Will you understand my industry?

Over nine years I have worked across twelve industries, from manufacturing and wholesale to services and agencies. I do not need to know your industry better than you do — my field is management, sales and the economics of decisions, and you can explain the specifics in the first ten minutes.

How much of my time will this take?

A one-off session is 90 minutes of meeting plus about an hour to prepare your background material. Mentoring is an hour a week for the meeting plus implementation time — usually two to four hours a week, and those are the hours you eventually get back.

Start with a free 15 minutes — no obligation

Choose a time If I cannot help, I will say so on the first call.
Sergey Didenko, founder of OnStudy
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Frequently Asked Questions

What language are the courses taught in?
Most programs are taught in English. Some courses include materials in other languages — the language is indicated on each course page.
When are live sessions scheduled?
Live sessions are held at UTC+3. All recordings are available immediately after each session, so you can watch at any time that suits you.
Will I receive a certificate?
Yes. After completing your programme you receive a Certificate of Completion of a Continuing Professional Education Programme, issued by OS Strategy Ltd. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). It is a private school certificate — not a state-issued qualification and does not confer an academic degree. Available digitally (PDF); printed copies on request.
What is your refund policy?
We offer a 14-day money-back guarantee. If you have completed less than 20% of the course, you can request a full refund — no questions asked. Full refund policy →
Is the program fully online?
Yes, all courses are 100% online. You study at your own pace, with optional live sessions included in most programs.
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