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For owners · $1M–$10M profit

Build a business worth owning.

The version that runs without you. Worth more to a buyer. Worth more to you, today. Sell when you're ready. Or don't. Your timeline, not ours.

Your Horizon Advisor
Your paired advisor

The fastest way to grow is to learn from those who've done it.

Horizon pairs you with one advisor — an operator who has built, scaled, or sold a business like yours. They bring the pattern recognition. We bring the bench behind them.

B2B Services Advisor
Confidential profile
23-year services operator · 2 exits
Matt Harrison
Matt Harrison
Co-founder · M&A Lead
Ex-M&A advisor · $20M–$80M deals
Andrea Matheson
Andrea Matheson
Chief Business Officer
3× exits · $1B+ EV created
Krystyn Harrison
Krystyn Harrison
Co-founder · CEO
5× founder · PE-backed CEO
Retail Advisor
Confidential profile
Multi-brand retail operator · DTC + wholesale
B2B Services Advisor
Confidential profile
23-year services operator · 2 exits
Matt Harrison
Matt Harrison
Co-founder · M&A Lead
Ex-M&A advisor · $20M–$80M deals
Andrea Matheson
Andrea Matheson
Chief Business Officer
3× exits · $1B+ EV created
Krystyn Harrison
Krystyn Harrison
Co-founder · CEO
5× founder · PE-backed CEO
Retail Advisor
Confidential profile
Multi-brand retail operator · DTC + wholesale
$1B+
Combined enterprise value created
100+
Exits, raises, and roll-ups led
1,000+
Founders advised across the team
24 yrs
Average years operating
The work

We help owners develop the business in six key areas.

Every business hits its own ceiling somewhere different. Here's how Horizon advisors have helped owners break through — and how we'll work on yours.

Financials

Make the numbers buyer-ready.

Normalize EBITDA. Sharpen unit economics. We read your business through a buyer's lens and an owner's lens at the same time — and close the gap between them.

Sales

De-risk the top line.

Customer concentration, pipeline that isn't yours, a motion that lives in your inbox. We rebuild the engine so revenue isn't dependent on you closing every deal.

Marketing

Stop being the best-kept secret.

Positioning, demand generation, reputation. Make the market come to you, so your sales team closes instead of hunts.

Leadership

Build the layer above you.

Org design, accountability, the leaders who run the business when you don't. A company that runs without you is the only one worth owning.

Recruiting

Hire the bench, not the body.

The talent you bring on now is the exit optionality you'll have in three years. We treat hiring as a compounding asset, not a fire to put out.

Productivity

Get your week back.

Audit where the business steals time from you. Return those hours — pointed at the work only you can do.

— Not sure where to start?

Most owners we meet know which two areas matter most. They just need a second pair of eyes.

Take the 12-minute Value Baseline. We'll score you across all six areas and tell you the two we'd start with.

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The Value Baseline · By referral or application

Before you decide what's next, see what you've really built.

A two-hour working session with a member of our strategy team. You'll leave with an enterprise-value estimate, your Horizon Score, and the three biggest levers in your business.

Normally a $10,000 engagement. Complimentary for qualified owner-operators — businesses doing $1M–$10M+ in annual profit.

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What it’s worth. What it could be worth. The roadmap to get there.
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Meridian Mill & Supply Co.
March 2026
Every 90 days · Always fresh
— Worth Owning stories

Advice from owners, for owners.

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What owners say when working with us…

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Selling
Many founders aren't ready for a sale process. The ones who've come to us after working with Horizon Advisors understood what was required of them and had done the preparation that positions them to sell for more and close faster.
James Marciano
Tuck Advisors · Sell-side M&A
Scaling
The most valuable thing? The ability to get high level and actually work on the whole structure of what we're doing. To get to a place where you can pull yourself up and understand what's going on. That's the value.
Owner · Industrials
$55M revenue
Selling
Working with Horizon transformed what I thought my exit could be. Clarity, consensus with my partners, the bar raised on what was possible, and a clear roadmap to get there.
Owner · Second-generation agency
$5M revenue
Selling
Horizon gave us a clear and practical lens on where we stand today and what acquirers will care about most. Their process helped us identify gaps and prioritize next steps without overwhelming us.
Owner · Healthtech
$7M revenue
FAQ

You've got questions.
We've got answers.

Every advisor is an operator who has personally built, scaled, or sold a business in your size class — usually more than once. Not a coach. Not a consultancy associate. We work in your business, not on a slide about it.

Owner-operators of $5M–$100M businesses with $1M+ in profit. Most are scaling toward an exit; some are preparing to sell. We work across services, industrial, healthcare, tech-enabled, consumer, and wealth.

Twice-monthly two-hour working sessions with your paired advisor. A fresh Growth Plan every 90 days. Access to our specialist bench when you need depth. Most engagements run 12 months, then renew or wrap.

No. We work where the math works — owner-operators with $1M+ profit. Our advisors and bench cover services, industrial, healthcare, tech-enabled, consumer, and wealth.

Within the first 90 days you'll have your Value Baseline, a Growth Plan, and concrete moves underway. Real enterprise-value impact typically takes 12–24 months — the kind of compounding a buyer can't argue with.

Engagement details are scoped on the intro call. We don't take equity. The Value Baseline diagnostic is complimentary for qualified owner-operators.

— when you're ready

Let's talk.

A 30-minute call with our team. We'll listen, you'll talk, and by the end we'll both know if Horizon is the right fit.

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— pull quote no. 01of 08
A healthy founder is a founder buyers want to exit.
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