We came out of a private equity roll-up that bought dozens of businesses in three years and built them into a fifty million dollar company, and a family office that buys legacy businesses and keeps them.
We only take on a company when we are convinced we can make a real difference to what it is worth. That means saying no to businesses sliding backwards for reasons nobody can explain, to owners who will not open the books, to partners who want different things, and to anyone looking for a second opinion that agrees with the number they already have.
Everything runs month to month. A brokerage locks you in for a year and then has every reason to wait you out. We were paid to value the company properly at the start, so if we are not earning it you can leave at the end of any month.