You Didn't
Build this to Sell it

But someday — on your terms or someone else’s — you will hand it on. We guide owners of successful businesses through a sale or succession, and everything it changes.

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Every Transition Carries Two Risks. Most Owners Are Only Advised on One.

The first risk is financial: a sale is a cascade of interconnected decisions — deal structure, tax, legal, estate — that must be made quickly, correctly, and in coordination. The second is personal: for years the business has been your structure and your purpose, and when the sale closes, all of that changes at once. Your attorney, your CPA, and your banker are each excellent in their own lane — but no one is watching the whole picture. That gap is what we do.

Our Mission

To serve as the lead advisor to business owners in transition — coordinating every specialist around one strategy, planning for the person and not just the proceeds, and building wealth around a clear vision of what it’s for.

  • Business Valuation — a defensible baseline of what the business is worth today, and what drives that number.
  • Value Gap Analysis — compare what it’s worth to what you’d need from a sale.
  • Transition & Succession Options — the realistic paths, third-party sale to family transfer, with the implications of each.
  • Personal Financial Planning — what do you actually need a sale to fund? Knowing changes how you negotiate everything.
  • Risk Mitigation & Deal Coordination — address what erodes value before a buyer prices it in; quarterback the specialists when a deal is live.
  • Planning for What Comes Next — structured work on the life after the business, treated as risk management rather than an afterthought.
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Who We Are

A boutique consulting practice for owners considering, navigating, or living through the sale or succession of a business. We don’t replace your attorneys, CPAs, or advisors — we coordinate them, so their advice adds up to one plan with you at the center. Based in Madison, Wisconsin; working with owners nationwide.

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Our Process

The right work depends on where you are — years from a decision, in an active deal, or already closed. Our nine-step process starts with two questions: what is the business worth, and is that enough?

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Our Resources

Plain-language resources for owners thinking about what comes next — no jargon, no sales pitch.

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