Maximizing Stategic Value
It is a proven fact that businesses that have strong Strategic Value can sell for much higher multiples than other businesses. They often attract strategic buyers willing to pay sometimes 2 to 3 times the multiple that financial buyers would consider for the same business.
Assessment + Understanding
Value Acceleration Roadmap
Implementation
Sustaining Value
Programs
Strategic Value Assessment
- Determining the current “market value” of the company.
- Assessing the company’s Strategic Value components within each of the four Pillars of Strategic Value to determine which are adding to and which are currently detrimental to the strategic value of the company.
- Determining a potential “market value” for the company following the implementation of a Strategic Value Acceleration Process™.
Fixed fee basis
- Development of the roadmap.
- Development of an implementation plan with defined processes, defined internal and external resources and a realistic timeline.
- Monitoring of the Acceleration process progress and adjusting as necessary.
- Possible formation of a Strategic Value Acceleration advisory committee consisting of company ownership and other outside company resources.
Pre-determined fee basis
Strategic Value Acceleration
Strategic Value Continuation
In this process, at the time of an owner’s death or disability, Joel Strom or another predetermined advisor would assume the position of CEO of the company until the company is either sold or transferred to a successor CEO. Joel Strom or other advisors do not assume any ownership or equity position in the company.
no cost unless agreement implemented
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It’s time to grow successfully and accelerate your enterprise value. Now you have access to the expertise to do it right.
Joel and the CVO team focus on closely held businesses with revenue between $15 and $100 Million that are run by “go for growth” entrepreneurs who want to grow not just their company’s sales but more importantly their company’s value.
In effect, they work with the CEO/owner to assist them in their role as Chief Value Officer (CVO). They help them assess their current situation, determine their growth and value goals, develop their value acceleration roadmap, and then guide them along their route to maximizing enterprise value.
Creating Value in Family Owned Businesses
Family owned businesses often present unique challenges to maximizing value, however that does not change the importance of value creation for the future of the family business. Joel and the CVO team have extensive experience helping family businesses work through their members’ different generational, financial, and strategic perspectives. The CVO family business programs take all of these unique challenges, as well as the ultimate long-term desires of each family into account to customize a Strategic Value Acceleration program to meet the needs and wishes of the company and its family owners.
A family business can create a great family legacy and great family wealth. It is too important to risk losing it. The sooner a Strategic Value Acceleration program is undertaken, the sooner your future can be solidified and your risk reduced. Find out today how a CVO family business program can protect your family legacy and wealth.
Value Growth Through Acquisition
Are you considering an acquisition to accelerate the value of your company? CVO clients who build an acquisition into their Strategic Value Acceleration program have more success in achieving their objectives than those companies who “go it alone”.
An acquisition can play an important role in creating Strategic Value. However its not easy, it does not work in every situation, and there is an amount of built in risk. The CVO team because of its M&A background and experience can start by helping their clients evaluate whether an acquisition would be the right solution to add value. They then assist in the identification and vetting of potential acquisition candidates, they participate on the acquisition team, assist in closing the deal and in the integration plan.
Value Growth in Challenging Times
Challenging times are not the times to be sitting back and waiting for things to get better. Innovation is always important to company value but it takes a priority position during challenging times. Innovation and sound strategic decisions can turn challenging times into opportunities for building Strategic Value. The CVO team has extensive experience helping companies not simply survive challenging times but reassess, rethink, and innovate so that they come out of any crisis stronger and more sustainable than ever.
Whether your challenges are caused by the economy, your particular industry, or your company itself, the CVO team can help. Contact us for a no cost initial assessment of your particular situation.
what They’re Saying
CVO Testimonial
Joel is great at seeing the big picture and how every segment of the business impacts the others. He doesn’t “take sides” or have a bias to one part of the business, so his guidance takes the whole into effect.