Sell-Side Advice · Operational Consulting · Texas Trades & Manufacturing Owners
A fellow owner who's built companies, sold them, and fought the battles that come after.
I owned an HVAC and plumbing company, a metal shop, and other businesses. I built them over twenty-plus years and I sold them.
I'm a business owner, a Texas attorney, an MBA, and a construction license holder.
I advise Texas owners through the sale of their business.
Most consultants are working with two.
Three parts, each carrying a third. The one usually missing is experience of the right kind — having run the business, signed the checks, and carried the risk, rather than advised someone who did.
The arc of a sale
What a broker won't tell you
They go quiet.
Days pass with no word while your life is being decided. You won't feel like you can call.
Read how I work →Their fee rises with the price.
Their fee is a percentage of your price. Mine is calculated from my hours, and the percentage is only a ceiling.
See a better model →They've never owned one.
Most came up through banking or brokerage. Ask yours whether they've ever made payroll.
Read my background →Industries
HVAC & Plumbing
- —What happens to your master license at closing
- —Whether your service agreements get valued as recurring revenue
- —How buyers discount a nine-year-old truck fleet
Metal Fabrication
- —Equipment appraisal versus book value in a fab shop
- —How customer concentration kills multiples
- —Backlog that survives diligence, and backlog that doesn't
Electrical
- —What a master electrician license transfer means at closing
- —How buyers weigh service revenue against bid work
- —Whether your crews stay when the name on the checks changes
Other Trades & Industries
- —Adjacent trades: demolition, general contracting, remediation, millwork
- —Other fields where I have operating experience: AI, software, general management, staffing
- —Selected engagements where the dynamics match my background
How I'm Paid
No commission. No success fee. Nothing that grows when your price grows.
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