Advisory
An experienced operator who will ask hard questions, bring ideas rooted in real experience, and hold you accountable to what you said mattered. I work with a small number of people — and I invest fully in each one.
Where most conversations start
You're scaling and the culture isn't keeping pace.
You're the ceiling. The company can only grow as fast as you can personally touch things. The team is being managed instead of led, and the energy that made the early days special is starting to feel like a story people tell rather than something they feel. I've been in that place — and I know the difference between what needs to change in the system and what needs to change in you.
You've plateaued and you can't see why.
Revenue has stalled, momentum has flattened, and the moves that used to work aren't working anymore. Sometimes it's strategy. Sometimes it's culture. Sometimes it's something in the leadership itself. After 17 years of building through every kind of wall, I have a good eye for which one you're hitting — and what it takes to get through it.
Your business is invisible in its market.
You're winning on relationships alone in a B2B market where every competitor looks identical. You know there's more growth available if customers were coming to you. I built four distinct brands inside a single manufacturing company — deliberately, over 17 years. That experience is specific and it transfers.
How this works
This is a direct, ongoing relationship built around your actual situation — not a program, not a curriculum, not a scheduled check-in with nothing at stake. Some engagements are strategic. Some are focused on accountability. Most are both.
I ask hard questions because that's how I find what actually matters. Once I find it, I'll tell you exactly what I think — drawing on 17 years of building, a mid-career ESOP, five transactions, and every mistake in between. I come with ideas and perspectives, not just prompts to reflect.
I work exclusively in B2B — manufacturing, industrial, and product-based businesses where the problems are real and the stakes are tangible.
"I work with very few people at a time. When I'm in, I'm completely in — thinking about your business between our conversations. I expect the same commitment from you. If I don't think there's a genuine fit, I'll say so upfront."
Getting started
The no-risk start
The first conversation is free. I'm learning your business — you shouldn't pay for that.
The next two sessions are half price. I'm still learning — going deeper into your business, your market, and what's actually getting in the way. By the time we're through those three conversations, we'll both know whether there's something real here worth continuing.
No commitment. No pitch. Just an honest look at whether I can actually help.