It's lonely as a business owner.
And the challenges are many.
Scaling a business and making it marketable for sale is not easy. It can't be done at the last minute. Too many owners wake up one day thinking they are ready to sell – but their business is NOT ready.
Here are just a few of the challenges we hear from business owners:
Business Owner Challenges
What Most Business Owners Can't Do Alone
You need more than a coach or consultant to get big, transformative things done in your business. With our unique, collaborative team approach, and decades of business improvement and M&A experience, we work with you – inside your business, on the work that builds value.
Next-Level Growth
Achieve next-level growth and scale your business
Real Value-Building
Transform your business into a marketable and valuable enterprise
Sale-Readiness
Get your business ready and attractive to buyers
6 differences we think you'll like.
We're not your typical programmatic business growth solution. And while we can take you all the way to a successful sale of your business, we're not your typical high-volume business broker.
A value building partner who knows business selling
Because we sell companies too, we understand how buyers look at a business acquisition.
High-touch, not high volume
We take on a limited number of clients so we can take the time needed to do value-building right – with the end game in mind.
Go-to-market on your timeline
We are better positioned to speed up the go-to-market timeline because we already know so much about your business.
At your pace, but with a clear plan
We work closely, but flexibly, with business owners through growth and value-building all the way to a successful, optimized business sale.
We get you clear on Value
We always start with an estimate of - and education about - your business value. A realistic understanding of current value helps guide the value building process.
We engage your advisors to reduce problems
We collaboratively engage with your other trusted advisors to reduce potential problems and mistakes that can negatively affect the deal.
An owner-focused approach that doesn't overwhelm you.
Unlike so many rigid, programmatic solutions that place a lot of accountability on owners without sufficient guidance, our partnership approach produces better results and a better experience.
Hands On
True Partners
Value Focus
Tailored Solution
A custom-built plan and team for your unique business.
Your business has unique, constantly evolving needs to achieve your big goals and vision. Which only a dynamic, collaborative team can address. Our team has a unique approach to growth, value-building, and getting you ready and attractive to buyers.
It's like adding whole departments we've needed but don't have. You need that objective 3rd party to see clearly and move the ball forward."
Services Firm
Owner, Value-Building and Business Sale Client
The best way to get started is to get informed.
Get clear on the current value and sale-readiness of your business, how the value-building and sale process works, key mistakes to avoid, and how to do it the right way.