Prices nobody has touched since 2021. Comp plans paying for the wrong thing. Growth and cash flows stuck at the same number two years running. We partner in the profit: we find what those cost you, put a number and a plan on it. We target a minimum 10x return on engaging us. First dollars in 90 days, not 18 months. When the situation is right, We are capital: our own money goes in alongside yours.
Start small. The work gets bigger only when the results earn it.
Fifteen to thirty minutes. We learn your unique situation and goals, where the cash flow is stuck, and whether we can help. No pitch, no deck, no obligation.
Within a couple of weeks on your data, under NDA, we identify your top levers for profit and cash flow, modeled to a clean pro-forma with owners and dates. Fixed fee scaled to company size, from $15K, credited in full against any engagement. See a sample output →
If it makes sense for both of us, we work beside you to implement and drive the value in: 13-week cash flow control, pricing and incentive redesign, and pre-sale profit programs, paid on results.
Payroll clears this month and you are unsure about the one after it. The bank has started asking better questions. We build the 13-week cash model with you and reset collections and terms. Then we find the pricing moves that bring dollars in this quarter. You walk into the next bank meeting with a plan and payroll funded through the quarter.
Revenue has sat at the same number for two years. We map where the profit lives, customer by customer and product by product. Then we reprice where your own data supports it and rebuild the incentives so the sales team wins when you do.
You want out in two or three years at a number that changes your family's life. A dollar of EBITDA captured now is worth five to eight at close, and buyers pay the full multiple for consistent earnings. We run the profit work early so the results are seasoned before diligence starts.
Cash, profit, multiple. Now, next, and the exit.
Cash is how you control your outcomes. It comes first, every week, before anything else gets to matter.
Improve the profit of the business.
De-risk and scale toward the sale. The multiple is built from scale and systems.
"Cash keeps you alive. Profit makes you rich. The multiple makes you free."
The scan covers all three. Horizon one pays for horizon two.
A $16M manufacturer running at a single-digit EBITDA margin started with a GHC Value Scan. The diagnostic surfaced three concrete opportunities, modeled to a clean pro-forma. Executed in full, the model more than doubles EBITDA.
Curious what this pattern looks like at your scale? Run your numbers on the Insights page →
Our founding partner is the number-two executive of a $750M global business, with full P&L ownership and reporting to the owners. They have grown revenue more than 50% in that seat and own pricing and incentive strategy end to end. Before that came seven years at FTI Consulting, advising more than thirty companies through restructurings and transactions, and a decade running a service company of their own. Fees are aligned: a modest retainer, credited against a share of the profit we capture together. For the right situation, we invest our own capital.
$750M global operating seat, full P&L and reporting to the owners.
Led growth strategy end to end: market positioning, go-to-market, and sales structure, growing business revenues 50%+ in role.
Owns all pricing and incentives strategy. Founder-operator for 10 years. 30+ companies advised through restructurings and transactions at FTI Consulting.
Fifteen to thirty minutes, no pitch. We love the puzzles operators find themselves in and the goals you want to reach, and a fresh set of eyes always helps. If nothing else, we get to know each other. Live availability below.
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Every business is at a different stage, and you are busy. Tell us where yours is. Within a couple of weeks we identify the top levers for profit and cash flow improvement. Then we decide together whether it makes sense to work alongside you and drive the value in.
Straight from the Operator's Notebook. The scan runs all three against your numbers.
| Lever | Speed | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Weeks | Large |
| Cost cuts | Months | Medium |
| Volume | Quarters | Largest |
Pricing is the fastest unlock. Volume is the biggest prize, and the slowest.
| Gap | The question |
|---|---|
| Growth | Where will next year come from? |
| Pricing | Who pays 2021 prices today? |
| Incentives | What is your comp plan buying? |
Every business leaks in the same three places.
| Move | EBITDA |
|---|---|
| Pricing reset | $0.8M |
| Growth unlocked from volume discounting | $0.6M |
| Comp redesign | $0.3M |
| Total | $1.7M |
A $16M manufacturer. Ninety days.
Start with the GHC Scorecard: three pages built entirely from your public footprint: your Big 3 levers, our three proprietary indexes, and how you stack against competitors you name. $2,499, credited entirely if we ever work together. No data room, no NDA.
Set the goals so the top quarter of the team earns extraordinary money, the middle half lands on target, and the bottom quarter gets dealt with honestly. If most of the team is losing, the plan is the problem, not the people.
