Helping Professional Services Firms Accelerate Growth and Maximize Exit Value

Clients hire me to help them grow and prepare for sale to a larger company or a PE firm. I bring the knowledge, expertise, fresh perspective, and horsepower to get it done. I'm a strategist and an operator who gets his hands dirty, working as an extension of your team to get you over the hump successfully.

5x CXO and M&A leader driving growth at Deloitte, Hay Group, Miller Heiman, Richardson. 13 transactions and 100+ advisory engagements. I specialize in professional services because I've spent my career in it and understand the intricacies of building and selling these businesses.

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Dario Priolo
CEO & Founder
JK Research, Inc.

2-4x

Revenue Growth

2-5x

Valuation Increase

3-6 Mo.

ROI Payback

JK Research: Common Situations

I help my clients solve many problems. Here are the common challenges I see.

1. Founder wants to exit but doesn't know where to start

You've built something valuable, but you have no roadmap to get from here to a successful sale.

2. Strategic initiatives get sidelined and flounder

The work that would transform the firm keeps losing to the daily grind of serving clients and running operations.

3. No systematic approach for growing revenue

Every deal requires heroics from senior people; there's no system or process to generate new opportunities consistently and predictably.

4. No aligned strategy based on current market reality

The team hasn't aligned on a clear strategy, and whatever exists isn't grounded in voice of the client or current market realities. Everyone has a different idea of the path forward.

5. Hidden revenue in existing accounts and dormant relationships

The fastest ROI isn't new logos—it's existing accounts you're underleveraging and dormant relationships you haven't nurtured.

6. Curious but uncertain about the AI opportunity

Everyone's talking about it, clients are asking questions, but there's no practical path forward to capture the productivity and margin gains.

7. Undifferentiated positioning and unclear value proposition

The market can't tell what you do or why you're the right choice. Your positioning blends in with competitors, leaving you to compete on price and personal relationships.