Business Performance Consulting
We help founders build businesses that run without them.
PE firms assemble teams of operators to ensure a successful exit. Founders rarely have access to that kind of team. We build that team for you.
“Most businesses are built around one person. That’s good for getting started. It’s not good for getting out.”
Written for founders, not advisors.
Straight talk on building a business that runs without you — written by operators, for founders who are thinking about what comes next.
Transition Operators Guide to Selling Your Business
Selling a business is asymmetric warfare. This is your mental model for surviving it.
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The Founders Mindset
The mental and emotional shifts founders make before they sell — and the mistakes that come from skipping them.
SERIES
The Exit Ready Series
The list a buyer's diligence team builds when they look at your business — and the work that shortens it before the buyer shows up.
SERIES
The PE Deal Series
How private equity actually evaluates, structures, and closes mid-market deals — written for the seller side of the table.
Four phases. Your team, your way.
We start with the diagnosis. How execution happens depends on what we find — and what fits your business.
Assessment
We audit your operations, financials, and owner dependency to identify what a buyer will find — before they do.
Operating Plan
We build your Transition Operating System — a living plan that becomes the evidence trail for diligence.
THE DECISION POINT
The assessment and operating plan tell you which execution path fits your business — we help you make it happen.
Build
We develop your internal team to transition with the business. You exit stage left.
Recruit
We help you recruit and onboard the key hires who'll run it — then hand off.
Transition Complete
Regardless of path, we work alongside your M&A advisor and legal team to ensure the business closes — and that the value we created sticks.
Operators, not advisors.
Four things no competitor in this market offers together.
We own the work
We don't hand you a binder and walk out. We own the work until your business is transferable. Consultants advise. Operators operate.
Your business operating system
We build an operating system inside your business — the documented, traceable version of how everything actually runs. The best part: it's optimized to simplify due diligence. The buyer doesn't find surprises — they find proof.
Built to transfer
Every engagement is built around one test: can a buyer operate this business without you? We don't optimize for a prettier deck. We optimize for a clean close.
The work between advice and close
Your attorney will tell you what's exposed. Your banker will tell you what to fix. Neither of them will do the work. We build the systems, organize the diligence information, document the processes, and close the gaps — across all six diligence areas — so when your deal team steps in, the work is done.