Entrepreneurs spend decades building their legacy
The right guidance helps protect it when the time comes for the next chapter
Guest Interview – The empowered investor
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition with Marc Deegan
What we do
Personalized Services
Buy side and Sell side advisory services
We provide hands-on M&A advisory for businesses with $3M–$50M in revenue, guiding strategic acquisitions and successful exits.
Growth Financing
We help entrepreneurs secure the right financing solutions to fund growth initiatives – whether it’s for expansion, new product development or acquisitions.
Business Valuations & Value Creation
We work very closely with entrepreneurs to establish a baseline value for their business and demystify the key drivers that create long-term value.
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA)
ETA is a proven model where individuals acquire and operate an existing profitable business, rather than starting one from scratch.
Experienced operator-advisor guiding entrepreneurs through acquisitions, financing and successful exits.
Advisory engagements have included
- Advising entrepreneurs on the acquisition and sale of technology, service, manufacturing and distribution companies
- Structuring financing solutions with chartered banks and specialty lenders
- Supporting founders in preparing their companies for successful exits
- Providing strategic value creation advisory services to growing SME’s
The R33 Value-Driven Exit Framework
Build Value First. Exit on Your Terms.
We help business owners increase enterprise value, reduce risk, and exit with confidence — using the same discipline buyers and investors apply. Most owners don’t plan their exit — they drift into it.
Step 1
Define the End Game
We start with the destination — not guesses or aspirations.
Step 2
Build the Value Creation Plan
Insight without execution is useless. We translate value levers into a prioritized roadmap.
Step 3
Identify and Strengthen the Value Levers
We assess the business the way a buyer, lender, and investor will.
Step 4
Bend the Growth Curve
Not all growth creates value — we focus on the kind buyers pay for.
Step 5
Exit with Confidence
We don’t rush exits — we prepare for them.
What makes us different?
We have walked in your shoes.
We have firsthand experience running an SME, giving us an operator’s mindset—not just a financial one. We understand the complexities, emotional dynamics, and day-to-day realities of owning and growing a business, particularly in the context of family-owned enterprises.
This background allows us to approach deals with empathy, pragmatism, and an eye for long-term shareholder value.