Straight answers to the real questions.
The ones owners and capital partners actually ask before they reach out. If yours isn't here, start a conversation.
Is an operating system like EOS or Scaling Up enough at $30M or $50M?
It gets you a cadence and accountability, which matters. What it usually lacks at that size is investor-grade finance and real strategy. Growth past the operating system needs the numbers a buyer underwrites and a decision about where you actually compete, built into the same rhythm. That is the work we do.
We're profitable but cash is always tight. Why?
Profit and cash are two different stories, and most owners are only shown one. Growth ties cash up in receivables, inventory, and capacity ahead of the revenue. The fix is not a better spreadsheet. It is a leadership team that can read the economics and act on them, which is built into the cadence rather than left to the CFO alone.
How is this different from a fractional CFO or a business coach?
A fractional CFO owns the finance function. A coach works on you and the team. We do neither in isolation. We work across the whole leadership team on what makes the business worth more, with a financial operator's lens, and we build the capability into your people so it stays when we leave. The measure is a team that needs us less each year.
I've read every book on this. Why can't we get the company to execute?
Because reading it and running it are different problems, and the second one is rarely solved alone. The gap is structure and rhythm: declarations the team actually makes, a plan they own, and a quarterly cadence that keeps it alive instead of filed in a drawer. We install that, with your team, until it runs without us.
What size company is this for?
Founder-led companies roughly $10M to $150M in revenue, and the capital partners who back them. Below that, the full engagement is usually more than the business needs. Above it, the internal machinery often already exists.
How long does it take, and how long do you stay?
The first read takes 45 days. The plan comes together over the following quarter. After that it is a multi-year build, because the test of structural work is whether it survives a hold period and a change of hands. Most engagements run several years, and we measure success by your team needing us less each year.
Can a capital partner engage Cadence Growth for a portfolio company?
Yes. Funds, holding companies, and operating-system builders engage us to make the value-creation plan something the company actually runs, and to build operating capability that stays in the business through the exit rather than living in an operating partner. It can run for a single company or as a cohort across the portfolio.
Where are you based, and do you work remotely?
Based in Ellensburg, Washington, working nationally. The cadence runs on a mix of virtual sessions and periodic in-person workshops.