Advisory for owners — where we still believe a handshake is worth something.
Most brokers and advisors have never operated a business. Between us, we've spent more than ten years founding, buying, and running them. We know the rhythm of a P&L, the weight of a payroll, and what it feels like to sign on the buyer's side of a deal. That experience changes every conversation we have with you.
A business sells for a multiple of clean numbers. Most don't have clean numbers. So we built bookkeeping in-house — it's the foundation of every full consulting engagement we take on. The difference between organized books and disorganized ones is often the difference between a 4x and a 6x. We won't let your deal die in the data room.
Most advisors get paid when a deal closes. That math creates pressure to close any deal. We work on every exit path — outside sale, family transition, internal sale, ESOP, recap — so we can match you to the one that actually fits your business and your life. Sometimes the right answer is "not yet." When it is, we'll say so.
Most owners don't realize how different these options are until they've already signed with the wrong one.
Most engagements run two to three years from start to close — because the work that adds value takes time, and the work that doesn't isn't worth doing.
Thirty minutes. No deck. No pitch.