Our approach

Stronger business. More options.

Understand what is happening, strengthen what matters, then choose the path that fits your goals. An acquisition is one possible outcome.

The five moves

Use the moves that serve your goal.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Start with the business as it is.

    The Read brings the facts, dependencies and owner goals into one written view.

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  2. 02

    Strengthen

    Work on what matters most.

    Advisory, Studio and Intelligence provide standalone strategy, brand and systems work. Use one arm or a combination that fits the job.

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  3. 03

    Create options

    Make the choice yours.

    Keep running it, delegate, bring through a successor, take on a partner or sell. A partial ownership transition can be part of the discussion when it fits.

    Compare the paths →
  4. 04

    Acquire · when it fits

    Choose the right long-term owner.

    When you want to sell and Heritage is the right buyer, we discuss an acquisition and transition. Heritage buys as a principal; it is not your broker.

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  5. 05

    Steward · after an acquisition

    Keep building what is worth keeping.

    Our starting point is continuity: the people, customer relationships, name and operating strengths that made the business worth buying.

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These are choices, not a required funnel. Service work can be the complete engagement. Information shared in a service relationship is not automatically reused for an acquisition.

Your options

There is more than one good outcome.

Keep

Own a stronger business

Improve the business while retaining ownership and leadership.

Delegate

Step back from the day-to-day

Build management depth and clearer operating responsibility.

Succeed

Prepare the next leader

Support a transition to family or management.

Partner

Share ownership or capability

Explore a partner or partial transition when it fits your objectives.

Sell

Consider a full transition

Compare ownership options and what matters in the handoff.

Your next move

Start with the decision in front of you.

Tell us where the business stands and what you want to change.

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