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Who We Are
Clay Flynn, Inc. is a boutique business management firm in New York City specializing in the arts and culture. Despite our focus and geography, we offer high-level deliverables and advice to individuals and organizations of all sizes and net worths, across industries and sectors, to help drive profitability, productivity and efficiency.
The firm and its community of professional partners and advisors have decades of experience overseeing financial and business affairs for companies large and small. Though we specialize in arts and culture, our work has included leading companies across industries and we have clients across the country. Our close-knit, nation-wide network knows the ins and outs of the creative class, and helps them achieve organizational success. This community includes accountants, bookkeepers, advisors, managers, CEOs, CFOs, brokers, attorneys, insurance agents and other finance and business professionals, and industry leaders. Clay's additional experience as an artist himself and working closely with them at respected New York galleries for over a decade gives him an inherent understanding of idiosyncratic needs.
Our work has included everything from building out operations and sales protocol for fine art galleries and managing budgets for private collectors to leading finances and business affairs for artist studios, creative branding agencies, furniture makers, alcohol brands, publications and fashion designers. Our ability to bridge sectors, industries and interests allows us to understand organizations from their many facets and advise well-rounded, creative solutions.
Clay Flynn, Inc. believes that good collaboration is the key to overcoming today's biggest challenges and seizing tomorrow's most promising opportunities. Our mission is to develop the mutual trust that leads to better partnerships, better opportunities and better potential.
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What We Do
We are not accountants nor are we bookkeepers. We are business managers.
We are responsible for ensuring you and/or your business is efficient, productive, and organized.
We will not file your taxes, but we will work with your CPA to make sure that they are filed correctly and optimized. We will pay your bills and send your invoices, and then make sure those invoices get paid. We will also coordinate your contracts, talk with your lawyer/s, sort your health insurance, and help you hire and manage your employees, vendors and contractors. We will talk about your charitable giving, payroll and real estate, dream about new business ideas, new revenue streams and laugh about failed launches. We cannot legally manage or advise your investments, but we can help you interpret reports and discuss ideas. We will, if needed, build savings and pay off debt and plan every penny that we can. We might not have the expertise in-house, but we will help you find a top professional and manage that relationship on your behalf.
We will advise and console and celebrate and challenge you along your financial journey, hand-in-hand (it’s gonna be fun).
Whether you are seeking financial stability for the first time, or are an ultra-/high-net-worth individual budgeting for your art collection or a pied-à-terre...we’ve seen it before and we embrace it.
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How We Do It
Values are at the forefront of Clay Flynn, Inc. and they shape who we are, what we do and how we do it. These values help us provide the best services and solutions for our clients.
TRANSPARENCY - We’re straightforward, open and honest in how we approach work and each other.
TRUST - We believe in the trust and strength of our community. It is what keeps our firm strong and successful in the long term.
INCLUSION - Our firm is built on relationships and people, so we actively welcome and include each other to maximize success.
LOYALTY - We actively pursue like-minded clients and partners who strive to learn and grow together.
FUN - We come together in the spirit of friendship, with a heavy dose of fun.
THE FUTURE - We’re committed to always improving and seeking new ways to create a better tomorrow
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About Clay Flynn
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Clay, the firm’s owner, is a creative and ambitious business manager who believes that we can all try to bring our best to every situation. Acting as an advisor, manager, strategist and confidant to clients, he counsels them on cash flow management, taxes, wealth creation, and new revenue steams, among other things.
For more than twenty years Clay has been immersed in the arts, and he has over ten years of professional experience with business affairs and finances. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and die Universität für angewante Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and holds an MA in Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. His professional experience includes archiving and registration at international institutions in addition to leading business, finances and sales for top art collectors and galleries, private enterprises, and ultra-/high-net-worth individuals involved with a diverse range of industries such as arts and culture, communications, real estate, e-commerce and more.
Clay grew up in Connecticut and lived in Chicago, Vienna (Austria) and Milan (Italy) before settling in Brooklyn, New York. He enjoys visiting local art organizations, going on extended hikes, traveling with good friends, watching horror movies alone, reading epic fantasy and sci-fi novels, and taking endless walks with his dog Charlie Brown.
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Clients and Experience
Architects
Archives and Libraries
Art Advisors
Art Galleries
Artist Studios
Book Stores
Communications Agencies
E-commerce
Entrepreneurs
Fashion (Retail & Design)
Food and Beverage
Foundations, Trusts and Estates
Furniture Designers
Graphic Designers
Home Organizers
Interior Decorators
Interior Designers
Landlords and Management Companies
Moving Companies
Publications
Non-profits
Private Collections
Publicists
Real Estate Agents & Brokers
Retail Stores
Ultra-/High-Net-Worth Individuals
Web Designers
Collaborate with us.
Clay Flynn, Inc. is a boutique business management firm in New York City specializing in the arts and culture. Despite our focus and geography, we offer high-level deliverables and advice to individuals and organizations of all sizes and net worths, across industries and sectors, to help drive profitability, productivity and efficiency.
The firm and its community of professional partners and advisors have decades of experience overseeing financial and business affairs for companies large and small. Though we specialize in arts and culture, our work has included leading companies across industries and we have clients across the country. Our close-knit, nation-wide network knows the ins and outs of the creative class, and helps them achieve organizational success. This community includes accountants, bookkeepers, advisors, managers, CEOs, CFOs, brokers, attorneys, insurance agents and other finance and business professionals, and industry leaders. Clay's additional experience as an artist himself and working closely with them at respected New York galleries for over a decade gives him an inherent understanding of idiosyncratic needs.
Our work has included everything from building out operations and sales protocol for fine art galleries and managing budgets for private collectors to leading finances and business affairs for artist studios, creative branding agencies, furniture makers, alcohol brands, publications and fashion designers. Our ability to bridge sectors, industries and interests allows us to understand organizations from their many facets and advise well-rounded, creative solutions.
Clay Flynn, Inc. believes that good collaboration is the key to overcoming today's biggest challenges and seizing tomorrow's most promising opportunities. Our mission is to develop the mutual trust that leads to better partnerships, better opportunities and better potential.
-
What We Do
We are not accountants nor are we bookkeepers. We are business managers.
We are responsible for ensuring you and/or your business is efficient, productive, and organized.
We will not file your taxes, but we will work with your CPA to make sure that they are filed correctly and optimized. We will pay your bills and send your invoices, and then make sure those invoices get paid. We will also coordinate your contracts, talk with your lawyer/s, sort your health insurance, and help you hire and manage your employees, vendors and contractors. We will talk about your charitable giving, payroll and real estate, dream about new business ideas, new revenue streams and laugh about failed launches. We cannot legally manage or advise your investments, but we can help you interpret reports and discuss ideas. We will, if needed, build savings and pay off debt and plan every penny that we can. We might not have the expertise in-house, but we will help you find a top professional and manage that relationship on your behalf.
We will advise and console and celebrate and challenge you along your financial journey, hand-in-hand (it’s gonna be fun).
Whether you are seeking financial stability for the first time, or are an ultra-/high-net-worth individual budgeting for your art collection or a pied-à-terre...we’ve seen it before and we embrace it.
-
How We Do It
Values are at the forefront of Clay Flynn, Inc. and they shape who we are, what we do and how we do it. These values help us provide the best services and solutions for our clients.
TRANSPARENCY - We’re straightforward, open and honest in how we approach work and each other.
TRUST - We believe in the trust and strength of our community. It is what keeps our firm strong and successful in the long term.
INCLUSION - Our firm is built on relationships and people, so we actively welcome and include each other to maximize success.
LOYALTY - We actively pursue like-minded clients and partners who strive to learn and grow together.
FUN - We come together in the spirit of friendship, with a heavy dose of fun.
THE FUTURE - We’re committed to always improving and seeking new ways to create a better tomorrow
-
About Clay Flynn
Clay, the firm’s owner, is a creative and ambitious business manager who believes that we can all try to bring our best to every situation. Acting as an advisor, manager, strategist and confidant to clients, he counsels them on cash flow management, taxes, wealth creation, and new revenue steams, among other things.
For more than twenty years Clay has been immersed in the arts, and he has over ten years of professional experience with business affairs and finances. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and die Universität für angewante Kunst in Vienna, Austria, and holds an MA in Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art. His professional experience includes archiving and registration at international institutions in addition to leading business, finances and sales for top art collectors and galleries, private enterprises, and ultra-/high-net-worth individuals involved with a diverse range of industries such as arts and culture, communications, real estate, e-commerce and more.
Clay grew up in Connecticut and lived in Chicago, Vienna (Austria) and Milan (Italy) before settling in Brooklyn, New York. He enjoys visiting local art organizations, going on extended hikes, traveling with good friends, watching horror movies alone, reading epic fantasy and sci-fi novels, and taking endless walks with his dog Charlie Brown.
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Clients and Experience
Architects
Archives and Libraries
Art Advisors
Art Galleries
Artist Studios
Book Stores
Communications Agencies
E-commerce
Entrepreneurs
Fashion (Retail & Design)
Food and Beverage
Foundations, Trusts and Estates
Furniture Designers
Graphic Designers
Home Organizers
Interior Decorators
Interior Designers
Landlords and Management Companies
Moving Companies
Publications
Non-profits
Private Collections
Publicists
Real Estate Agents & Brokers
Retail Stores
Ultra-/High-Net-Worth Individuals
Web Designers
Collaborate with us.