Business Growth Partnership
Not consulting from the sidelines.
Every business has risk. The work is deciding which risks are worth taking — and systematically reducing the ones that aren't. A structured partnership for building a stronger, more predictable and more valuable business.
Strategic Advisory · Operating Infrastructure · Accountability · Enterprise Value Growth
IK Systems works alongside owners and leadership teams to identify constraints, strengthen the infrastructure behind the business, and measure whether those improvements are actually increasing enterprise value.
We establish where the business is today, identify what is limiting it, help the operating team make improvements, and continually measure the results.
The work
- — Identify structural risk
- — Identify the primary constraint
- — Build predictability
- — Improve business infrastructure
- — Measure the result
- — Reallocate attention to the next constraint
Predictability doesn't eliminate entrepreneurial risk. It gives you the confidence and capacity to take better risks. No outcome, valuation or reduction in risk is guaranteed.
The difference
This Isn't Consulting From the Sidelines.
Traditional consulting
Often ends with recommendations. A report is delivered and the engagement is over.
IK Systems
Designed around what happens next. We work alongside the operating team to identify constraints, implement better business infrastructure, establish accountability and measure whether the company is actually becoming stronger.
The scoreboard isn't the number of recommendations delivered. It's the business being built.
Who this is for
Built for Established, Owner-Led Businesses.
Typical fit
- — $750,000+ in annual revenue
- — Owner-led, operating in the physical world
- — A team already in place
- — Willing to meet weekly and act on priorities
Below $750,000
Growth Partnerships generally start at $750,000 in annual revenue — that is usually where the infrastructure work produces a real return. Smaller businesses are taken on case by case. If you are under that mark, start with the assessment and the tools, or reach out and we'll tell you honestly whether it's the right time.
How the engagement works
Baseline. Build. Measure. Review.
Establish the baseline
- — Enterprise Value
- — Business Attractiveness
- — Predictability
- — Current constraints
Build
- — Predictable Customers
- — Predictable Operations
- — Predictable Execution
- — Predictable Growth
Measure
- — Enterprise Value
- — Business Attractiveness
- — Predictability
- — Financial performance
- — Owner dependence
- — Transferability
Review
- — What improved?
- — What didn't?
- — What is the next constraint?
- — How much stronger is the business?
- — Has Enterprise Value increased?
The structure
A Defined 90-Day Engagement.
Every relationship begins with a defined 90-day engagement.
At the end of 90 days, both parties review the progress, the results and the working relationship. If continuing makes sense, a new 90-day engagement can be created.
No automatic renewal. No automatic long-term commitment.
Alignment around value creation
Business Value Creates a Common Scoreboard.
We establish the company's starting Enterprise Value and track how that value changes as the business improves.
Where appropriate, an engagement may include Enterprise Value Growth Participation — giving IK Systems additional upside when meaningful new enterprise value is created.
You keep the value you already built. We participate in a portion of the new value we help create.
Growth Participation applies only to value created above the agreed starting Enterprise Value. It does not apply to the company's existing value, and it is not an ownership interest in the company.
Example
If the agreed Growth Participation is 30%, it applies to the $500,000 of new value — not to the original $500,000, which belongs entirely to existing ownership.
What the fee covers
Base Compensation Is for the Work Performed.
- Strategic advisory
- Assessments
- Business analysis
- Systems and infrastructure work
- Meetings
- Accountability
- Tools
- Business Value Portal access
- Implementation support
The engagement fee is earned for the work performed and is not contingent on the business achieving specific financial results. Where separately agreed, an engagement may also include Enterprise Value Growth Participation.
Business Growth Partnership
$5,000 initial engagement + $2,500 / month
90-day engagement, reviewed at the end of each term · Business Value Portal included
- Business Valuation and periodic revaluation
- Business Attractiveness and transferability review
- Predictability Assessment
- The IK Systems toolkit
- Business Value Portal access
- A defined meeting cadence
- Accountability against agreed priorities