Providing Management Consulting Services to Small and Medium Sized Businesses
Our Mission to help business owners grow their business, prepare for eventual transition, and deliver their transition goals and objectives.
Practice Areas
Management Consulting
We provide a wide variety of services to help companies grow and become better managed.
Exit Planning Education
Our Exit Architect Academy offers over 200 courses that help business owners prepare to transition from their business.
Transition Preparation
Every owner has a wide variety of transition options. We help the owner select and implement the right solution.
Transition Execution
Implementing the selected transition strategy takes time, preparation and a well constructed transition plan.
Our Certifications
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Certified Exit Planning Advisor
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Certified Value Builder
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Certified M&A Advisor
Proven track of successfully satisfied clients for over 20 years
Over 200 Clients
Over 20 Years
Businesses of All Sizes.
A Wide Variety of Industries.
A Broad Range of Services
Testimonials
Our Customers Said
“Positive and Enjoyable Experience”
Richard Strautman worked with our company as both a peer-to-peer facilitator and a key person in structuring our management and ownership transition.
Richard’s advice and ideas were key to continued growth. Our involvement with Richard was always a positive and enjoyable experience and beneficial to our company.
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— Owner of a Plumbing Supply Company
“Very Prompt and Responsive”
I have also found Richard Strautman to be a very capable Facilitator and Consultant on a broad range of topics. I have used his advice in personnel, sales management, business strategy, and marketing areas and have found him to be very prompt and responsive. His advice has always been great, no matter what the issue or situation. He is quick to come up with an answer to my questions and I really enjoy working with him.
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— Owner of an Energy Management Company
“Wealth of Experience”
Richard helped me take over a family business, reduced excessive overhead, developed new marketing programs and improved employee culture and accountability.
Richard has a wealth of expertise beyond these issues, including how to make a business more attractive to potential buyers and how to plan an exit strategy.
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— Owner of Investment Management Company
Have Questions?
Frequently Asked
Questions
Can you help me sell a business?
Yes, We work with business owners both to purchase other business and to sell their business. We provide these services through Stony Hill Advisors – an experienced middle market M&A advisory firm.
Can you help me transition my business to my son?
Yes, We help both with the ownership and management transition and afterward supporting the new management team.
How do you bill for your services?
This varies based on the type, complexity and length of a provided services. Some services are offered on a monthly subscription basis. Other services are provide either on a hourly basis or project basis.
What is exit planning?
An exit plan is a comprehensive road map to successfully exit a business. An exit plan asks and answers all the business personal, financial, legal, and tax questions involved in selling a privately owned business.
What exit planning process do you use?
We have develop our own approach integrating the best from The Exit Planning Institute, The Value Builder System, and our decades of experience of working in transition planning and execution.
What is an M&A Intermediary Company?
These companies work with both buyers and sellers in the lower middle market to find the best matches and create deals that suit the needs of both buyers and sellers.
Have additional questions?
We’re here to help. Let’s talk.