Consulting for Equity
A small number of deep, multi year engagements. Roland works alongside you to build value and take the business to a premium exit, and takes his upside in ownership, not fees.
Start with your name, email, and phone. A few quick questions come next so we can tell fast if it is a fit. Roland reviews every application himself.
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Why owners call Roland
Most founders build a company that cannot run without them, then wonder why the offers come in low, or never come at all. Roland works in the gap between the business a founder built and the company a serious buyer competes to own.
What Roland does
Buyers discount a company that depends on its founder. Roland helps you put the people, the systems and the reporting in place so the business keeps performing when you step back, which is exactly what a buyer pays for.
The right acquisition moves the one metric your business actually needs. Roland brings more than 1,000 deals of pattern recognition to picking the target and structuring the deal so the terms are worth more than the headline price.
Exit readiness is a present practice, not a final step. Clean financials, a transferable team and a defensible margin get built years ahead, so when the right offer arrives the business is ready and buyers compete for it.
Buyers now price Revenue Per Employee directly. Roland helps you put AI and automation to work where they widen margins, so the same team produces more and the number a buyer looks at goes up.
How it works
Two quick steps from you. Everything after that is a conversation with Roland.
Step 1
Your name, email and phone. That is all the first step asks for.
Step 2
Your company, your profit and revenue ranges, and what you are trying to make happen. The more candid you are, the faster the answer.
Step 3
Roland reviews every application himself. If it looks like a fit, he reaches out by text or email, so keep an eye on your phone and inbox.
Step 4
A deep engagement over one to five years. Roland works alongside you on the team, the acquisitions and the exit, and takes his upside in ownership, not fees.
Is it a fit
Proof
On every engagement here, Roland worked with the company through exit prep, acquisitions, positioning, business model and structure, and the negotiation itself, most over multiple years. Final sale prices have typically closed 20% to 80% above the first offer received.
Figures are approximate and details anonymized to honor confidentiality agreements.
A construction services company, after repositioning, acquisitions, and restructured negotiations.
A tech enabled consulting firm.
A sports manufacturing product company.
A services company.
A professional services firm, via acquisitions and professionalization.
A media driven, direct to consumer brand.
A regional multi location consumer services provider, from a single location to an eight figure LOI from a strategic acquirer.
When a deal goes sideways
One recent deal lost half its value in diligence. Roland restructured the transaction and closed above even the original offer from before the collapse.
That is the difference between running a process and having an advisor with skin in the game.
Who you would work with
Roland pairs the rigor of private equity with the creativity of an operator who built companies from nothing. He serves on Stanford advisory boards, hosts the Business Lunch podcast, and wrote Zero Down and Business Wealth Without Risk.
Acquisitions and exits closed
Annual revenue across the portfolio
Verticals with active stakes
Inc. 5000 companies as a principal
Questions
There is no hourly fee. Roland takes an ownership stake and is paid when enterprise value goes up, so his upside is tied to the same exit you are building toward.
One to five years. These are deep, multi year engagements with a small number of founders, not a one off consult.
Usually a profitable business three years in or more, with $500k or more in yearly profit. If you are not there yet, the free tools and the newsletter are the best place to start.
Roland reviews every application himself. If it looks like a fit, he reaches out by text or email, so keep an eye on your phone and inbox.
No. The owners who get the best price start years before a sale. Exit readiness is a present practice, not a final step, so the business is always ready if the right offer arrives.
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Consulting for Equity
Two quick steps. Roland reviews every application himself.