Egos & Exits
A live conversation on how to sell, buy, or scale a consulting firm - without breaking it.
Consulting firms are in demand, but being bought (or trying to buy) has never been riskier. Between investor appetite, integration chaos, and founder fatigue, too many firms are being sold too early - or broken after the deal.
Your Z-Suite for this session:
Koniag Capital CEO Allen Debbes has been on both sides of the M&A table, and has the battle scars to prove it.
Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung scaled a tech consultancy to an exit - and almost sold it all too early.
Join Mark & Allen for a conversation on:
- How to turn a founder-dependent firm into a business worth buying - The operating model, leadership shape, and client risk profile buyers are looking for
- The 3 most common deal-killers — and how to fix them before diligence – Founder ego, billable-only business models, and leadership over-dependence
- A 12-month playbook for building a firm that outlasts you – Governance shifts, platform thinking, and preparing your team for life post-exit
Egos & Exits
A live conversation on how to sell, buy, or scale a consulting firm - without breaking it.
Consulting firms are in demand, but being bought (or trying to buy) has never been riskier. Between investor appetite, integration chaos, and founder fatigue, too many firms are being sold too early - or broken after the deal.
Your Z-Suite for this session:
Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung has 30 years of reinventions under his belt - and knows how to keep a consulting firm alive mid-pivot.
Groundline GM Kyle James has felt the fear of growth, and scaled an engineering firm from 7 to 90 anyway.
Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung scaled a tech consultancy to an exit - and almost sold it all too early.
BDNA COO Karyn Smith has spent decades turned operational chaos into coordinated change - and turned skeptics into best friends.
Projectworks CEO Mark Orttung reckons the only thing that kills a consulting firm faster than growth is staying still.
Koniag Capital CEO Allen Debbes has been on both sides of the M&A table, and has the battle scars to prove it.
Join Mark & Allen for a conversation on:
- How to turn a founder-dependent firm into a business worth buying - The operating model, leadership shape, and client risk profile buyers are looking for
- The 3 most common deal-killers — and how to fix them before diligence – Founder ego, billable-only business models, and leadership over-dependence
- A 12-month playbook for building a firm that outlasts you – Governance shifts, platform thinking, and preparing your team for life post-exit
Join Mark & Allen for an unmissable conversation:
