What we do for your business.

We typically work with businesses from $1M to $25M in revenue. Starting out? Start with the Business Checkup.

Bigger projects.

The projects you've shelved for lack of time, people or expertise. We take them on and see them through.

Strategy

Your vision, as a plan and daily goals.

We write down where you want the business to go, break it into quarterly priorities, and set the daily goals each person works to.

What you get

A detailed roadmap with an owner and a number on every milestone, and a team that knows what to hit each day.

Who decides

You do. We build the plan and run it with your team.

Technology and IT

The company brain.

One place for the numbers, procedures and files the business runs on, with a dashboard for each leader.

What you get

Leaders who find what they need without asking you, and a guide your team can follow.

Who decides

You choose what each leader sees.

Quoted as its own project.

Strategy

Launching a new business or location.

The market, the customers, the competition, the permits and the funding, researched before you commit.

What you get

A launch plan, a comprehensive financial model on realistic assumptions, and a checklist to open the doors.

Who decides

You make the go decision. Your accountant and attorney make the licensed calls.

Fractional leadership.

When the business needs an executive in the seat, we serve as fractional COO, CEO or operating lead. Every engagement is scoped to the business.

Capital and financing

Get ready to borrow or raise money, then get it closed.

Borrower file

Your financials, tax returns, entity documents, debt schedule, insurance and key contracts in one file, kept current every quarter.

Financing process

The request package, sent to the lenders you choose, with offers compared side by side.

Term sheets

Every offer compared line by line, with the points to negotiate.

Application to closing

The application, diligence requests and closing checklist, run with your lender, attorney and accountant.

After closing

Reporting deadlines, covenants and renewals tracked.

Raising capital

The materials, data room and diligence answers for investors.

We are not brokers. We work for you, on your side of the table. Every financing project is a flat fee, quoted before the work.

27 years in the executive suite. $3.5 billion in transactions. $750 million in equity raised.

Lead Partner's record.

Examples

Examples.

  1. Get the books and reporting right.

    Finance and accounting

    Books you can trust, closed on time every month.

    What you get: A full financial model and a clear picture of where the business stands.

  2. Rebuild the management reporting.

    Finance and accounting

    The numbers that run the company, in one view, tied to the books.

    What you get: A report you read in five minutes.

  3. Build an asset register.

    Operations

    Equipment and stock listed and valued, then sorted into sell, keep or fix.

    What you get: Cash from what you sell, and a plan for what you keep and fix.

  4. Fix the spreadsheet everyone's afraid of.

    Finance and accounting

    Checked line by line against the records and moved into a ledger with checks built in.

    What you get: A reconciled ledger and a list of every error found.

  5. Audit every software account.

    Technology and IT

    Every subscription and login, with its cost and users, then kept, cut or connected.

    What you get: Lower costs and every login accounted for.

  6. Automate recurring financial work.

    Administration

    Invoicing, bills, reimbursements, company cards and approvals, run by systems with review built in.

    What you get: Fewer hours on routine finance and books that stay current.

  7. Estate or claim administration.

    Administration

    Accounts, property, vendors and deadlines organized, and the paperwork ready for the attorney, who handles every legal step.

    What you get: An asset tracker, an expense ledger and a document file.

  8. The monthly close and a 13-week cash forecast.

    Finance and accounting

    Cash in, bills and payroll, week by week.

    What you get: A close checklist and a cash forecast, updated weekly.

  9. Automate repetitive work.

    Technology and IT

    Reports, data entry, reminders and handoffs done by hand, run by systems instead.

    What you get: Hours returned to the team every week.

  10. Write the procedures down.

    Operations

    The steps that live in one person's head, written as one-page procedures.

    What you get: A procedures binder with a review date.

  11. Research a new product or market.

    Business development

    Who would buy it, what it costs and what competitors charge, with a source for every number.

    What you get: The opportunity modeled and a clear go or no-go recommendation.

  12. Build customer follow-up.

    Sales and marketing

    Quotes, renewals, lapsed customers and open opportunities, followed up on a schedule.

    What you get: A follow-up system and the numbers to watch.

  13. Plan the next hire.

    People and HR

    The work is sized before the role is posted.

    What you get: Each option modeled and costed, and a clear recommendation.

The Diagnostic finds what's holding the business back and the changes that will move it most.