Experience
Work spanning leading investors and operators.
Engagements and prior experience across private equity, venture, industrials, consumer, healthcare, and government services.
Boutique advisory · Lower middle market
We work with investors, owners, and management teams who need answers on a deal clock — bringing big-firm rigor without the leverage model, the junior pyramid, or the six-week ramp.
Founded by alumni of Bain & Company and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
What we do
Commercial diligence, market maps, and investment theses for sponsors and strategics — plus sell-side prep and post-close value creation planning for owners heading into a process.
Where to play, how to win, what it's worth. Market entry, pricing, and go-to-market design — with an honest read on which growth bets deserve capital.
Hands-on work alongside management to fix what diligence found: sales productivity, org design, customer experience, and the digital plumbing underneath it all.
Experience
Engagements and prior experience across private equity, venture, industrials, consumer, healthcare, and government services.
Client perspective
“We felt we had maxed out our potential to grow organically and it was time for M&A. The Strategy Stop helped us refine our M&A strategy and playbook so we can be more effective as we go to market.”
CEO — Healthcare Software Company, New York
Contact
Tell us what you're working through — a deal, a growth question, an operational problem. We'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit, and what we'd do first if we are.
Engagement types
Project-based · Retainer · Interim operating support