For owners of $2M to $10M trades, manufacturing, distribution and industrial services companies
You built a good company. Now let it pay you properly.
Higher profits, more revenue, your evenings and weekends back, and a business future buyers will pay more for.
Sound familiar?
A week in the life of a busy owner
Most owners are too close to their own company to see what is already there. They are busy serving customers, managing people and putting out the fire of the day.
Same company. Different owner experience.
Now picture a different week. That is the work we do.
The week you have now
Every quote waits on your desk. Every problem lands with you. The business grows, but your hours grow faster.
Margins leak on jobs nobody has time to review. Cash is hard to see until it runs short. And a week off feels impossible.
The week we build toward
60-second scorecard
Is the business running you?
Eight quick questions across owner dependence, profit, people and sale readiness. Your answers stay in your browser. Nothing is sent or stored.
0 of 8 answered
The cost of waiting
Most owners are not ready, and buyers notice
of small business owners have a formal succession plan in place.
Source: CFIB, 2023
multiple of pre-tax profit offered to businesses with a Value Builder Score of 80 or more: 6.1x against 3.55x for the average business.
Source: The Value Builder System
Services
Where we start depends on what hurts
Each service starts from a specific problem. Start with one, or combine them as the business needs.
Profit Acceleration
If this sounds familiar: shrinking margins, stalled profit, marketing you cannot measure
Find the profit already inside your business with the Value Gap Diagnostic ($2,500), then capture it with a 12-month roadmap and regular check-ins.
How profit acceleration works →Exit Planning and Value Growth
If this sounds familiar: not knowing what the business is worth, or how to sell it well
See your business the way future buyers will with our Exit Acceleration program, close the gaps they discount, and sell on your terms with an advisor on your side of the table.
How exit planning works →Fractional COO
If this sounds familiar: growth that stalls because every decision still runs through you
An experienced COO inside your business, part time. We build the structure, weekly numbers and management depth that turn a busy company into a more profitable one, and give you your time back.
How a fractional COO works →Flash Coaching
If this sounds familiar: knowing what to fix, but never getting to it
A lighter way to start: a one-hour onboarding, then twelve months of short, focused strategy sessions that keep you moving.
How flash coaching works →Why owners choose us
We have been where you are
years as a founder, operator, CEO, COO and director, with real P&L responsibility
companies grown and exited, including an aluminum fabrication business
people, scaled from 25 as EVP and COO across three US subsidiaries
public, private and not-for-profit boards
A proven system, not opinions
Proven diagnostic software and frameworks, sharpened by an international peer community of 700+ business coaches in 50 countries, plus the Value Builder System used by over 80,000 business owners.
The right specialists at the table
We coordinate with professionals such as CPAs, business lawyers, bankers, business brokers and fractional CFOs, so your advisors work from one plan.
You make the decisions
We lay out the options, the trade-offs and the numbers. Then we help you implement, in person or by video, and track results in your numbers.
Client feedback
What clients say
“I would recommend Phil to any business owner looking to make positive changes in their business, to achieve growth or if they are thinking about buying or selling a business.”
Wojtek W., company principal
“Phil was instrumental in coaching me in areas of running a business that had not even occurred to me… 1 hour with Phil gave me 17 pages of notes and action items.”
Shelley B., founder of an HR consulting firm
FAQ
Common questions
Who do you work with?
Owners of established trades, manufacturing, distribution and industrial services companies with roughly $2M to $10M in annual revenue and one to three owners. Based in Victoria, BC, working with clients throughout Canada and the USA, and occasionally Europe.
Where should I start: profit or exit planning?
Usually with profit. Profit is what you live on today, and because businesses are typically valued as a multiple of earnings, it is also what future buyers pay for tomorrow. Many owners work on both at once.
Do I have to be planning to sell?
No. The same work that makes a business sellable also makes it more profitable and less demanding of your time. You get your evenings and weekends back now, and keep the option to sell whenever you choose.
What happens on a Discovery Call?
It is a conversation about where your business is today and where you want it to go. Together we decide whether a next step, usually the Value Gap Diagnostic, makes sense for you.
Get your evenings back. Get more for the business.
Book a short Discovery Call. We will talk through where the business is today, where you want to take it, and whether working together makes sense.
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