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Highland St. Charles

Manufacturing · Commercial Construction · Trucking & Transportation

There’s No Market for Headaches and Sleepless Nights.

High Exit Value partners with founders of $3M–$50M businesses — manufacturers, builders, and haulers — to increase profitability, align operations, and build the kind of company that earns a premium exit. Or simply the freedom to step away on your terms.

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We specialize in

  • Manufacturing
  • Commercial Construction
  • Bid-Solicited Project Work
  • Fixed Asset-Intensive Industries
  • Trucking & Transportation

Sound Familiar?

“You’ve been solving this alone for years. We help you stop doing that.”
  1. 01

    Your books are never quite clean — and your accountant and bookkeeper talk past each other.

  2. 02

    You have revenue, but cash flow feels like a mystery every month.

  3. 03

    Your sales results whipsaw — some months great, others a gut punch — and you’re not sure why.

  4. 04

    You’ve built something real, but you don’t have a clear plan to step away — or a number that reflects what it’s worth.

  5. 05

    You operate in bid-solicited project work, and nobody in the advisory world seems to understand that.

The Earlier You Start, the More We Can Do.

Every founder and entrepreneur considers selling their business at some point. The challenge is this: there is no active market for Headaches and Sleepless Nights. There are no willing buyers — it doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.

That’s where we come in. Ideally, we’re talking to you at least three to five years before your intended transaction. In the last two years before a sale, a savvy buyer is scrutinizing everything. But further out than that, we can demonstrate a genuine turnaround — show that acute problems were identified, fixed, and that your business emerged stronger and more resilient. That’s a story a buyer can believe.

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“Ideally, we’re talking at least 3 to 5 years before the transaction.”

HEV Engagement WindowYears 1–5: Build, Align, Optimize

Last-Minute Advisory WindowMonths before sale

  1. Today
  2. Year 1
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How It Works

Three Phases. One Continuous Partnership.

  1. 01

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    The Diagnostic Sprint

    30 days. A senior team of fractional executives. A complete picture of your root challenges and a ranked backlog of every opportunity we find. Most clients identify a pathway to 20–30% profit improvement within 60 days.

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    The Retainer

    Once the Diagnostic is complete, we move into an ongoing fractional engagement — on-site visits, weekly check-ins, real-time dashboards, risk reviews — tiered to your revenue and complexity.

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    Transaction Advisory

    When the time is right — whether you’re buying, selling, or merging — we provide full transaction advisory support. We’ve been preparing your business for this moment since day one.

Transparent Pricing

Three Tiers, Built for Where You Are Today.

  • Growth Advisor

    $600K–$3M annual revenue

    $3,395/month

    6 months rate

  • Scaling Success

    $3M–$10M annual revenue

    $4,850/month

    6 months rate

  • Maturing Mastermind

    $10M–$50M annual revenue

    $8,245/month

    6 months rate

$2.5Mil

Your Investment

$12,900.00

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This is an estimate based on your reported revenue. Your exact price is confirmed on your discovery call. The minimum Diagnostic Sprint investment is $10,750.

All engagements begin with the Diagnostic Sprint. Initial term: 6 months, paid monthly.

Why Founders Trust Us

The Credentials Behind the Confidence.

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    20+Years

    As a Certified Financial Planner®

  • Profit improvement gauge illustration

    20–30%Profit

    Pathway typically identified within 60 days

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    2.25xTTM revenue

    Paul’s own exit vs. 1.5x industry average

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A Combination No Competitor Offers.

Site visits that put us in your world. Behavioral coaching that addresses what other advisors ignore. A client coaching program that creates income from your expertise. And a full lifecycle path from operations through exit through wealth stewardship. This is not a service package — it is a partnership that deepens over years.

Ready to Find Out What Your Business Is Actually Worth?

Book a free 30-minute discovery call

We’ll ask you the right questions, listen carefully, and tell you honestly whether we can help — and how.

Book a Discovery Call

No sales pitch. No pressure. You speak directly with Paul.