In 20 minutes, find out which problem is costing you the most: tax, scale, or profit leak
We’ll tell you which of the three is bleeding the most money out of your business — and roughly how much — on one 20‑minute call. No documents. No prep.
For US‑based service businesses doing $1M–$20M in annual revenue.
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No documents. No prep. 20 minutes, operator‑level, zero pressure. If we don’t find meaningful upside, we’ll tell you you’re already top tier and wrap early.
Who This Is For
This Leak Check is built for US‑based service businesses where the leaks are big enough to matter:
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What This Is — And What It Isn’t
Four promises we make before you book. Read them, then decide.
The 3 Problems We Diagnose
Most $1M–$20M service businesses are bleeding money in one of three places. The Leak Check tells you which one is yours — and what it’s worth in dollars.
You’re overpaying the IRS
You’re paying 30–45% effective tax when high‑performers in your bracket pay 18–25%. Your CPA files returns; nobody is engineering them down. Every year you wait costs you six figures.
Revenue grows, profit doesn’t
You’re working harder, hiring more, and somehow taking home the same. The business runs on you, and a buyer wouldn’t touch it at a real multiple.
Money leaks before it lands
Margins look fine on the surface but you’re under‑priced, over‑staffed, or carrying dead weight in your P&L. The money is there — it’s just leaving before it hits your account.
Most owners have two of the three. A few have all three. The Leak Check tells you which is costing you the most right now.
Every Leak Check runs against four numbers.
60‑15‑15 is the standard for a healthy service business: 60% gross margin, 15% sales & marketing, 15% G&A, 30% net profit. We map your numbers against it and tell you exactly where you sit — and how many dollars you’re leaving on the table.
4 Steps. No Prep. No Documents.
Answer 4–6 questions
Quick form. Revenue, margin, entity structure, last year’s tax bill, biggest frustration. Under 2 minutes.
We pre‑build your Leak Map
Before the call, we run your numbers through our 60‑15‑15 framework and identify the top 3–5 leaks. So when you show up, we’re ready to talk dollars, not gather data.
20‑minute Google Meet
We walk you through the Leak Map live. You see which of the three problems is costing you the most, in dollars.
You keep the Leak Map
Yours to keep whether we work together or not. If you want help implementing, we’ll talk. If not, you walk away with a clearer view of your numbers than you came in with.
What You Walk Away With
Four deliverables in 20 minutes. All on one page. Yours to keep.
Revenue, gross margin, and tax efficiency — measured against the standard for your size.
Top 3–5 leaks with conservative dollar ranges. Tagged: tax, scale, or profit.
Which leak to plug first for biggest 12‑month impact. Ranked by dollars, not effort.
Tax, scale, or profit leak — and roughly what it’s worth.
Why It’s Free
A percentage of owners ask us to implement the fixes after seeing the numbers — that’s how we make money. The rest leave with a clear plan and refer us later. You get the Leak Map either way.
A meaningful percentage of owners ask us to help implement the fixes after they see the numbers. That’s how we make money.
Owners who don’t need our help walk away with a clear plan and refer us when someone in their network complains about taxes or margins.
This is the fast, 20‑minute version of our full Scale Ready Assessment. Most owners get enough from this call and the Leak Map to know exactly where to start. If the Leak Check surfaces something serious and you want to go deeper, we’ll talk about whether it makes sense to do the full Scale Ready Assessment together.
What Happens On The Call
We will:
We won’t:
What if you find nothing?
We’ll tell you you’re already in the top tier for your size, wrap the call early, and you keep the Leak Map for future reference. Your time back, no theater.
Same earnings. Different multiple.
Enterprise value is determined by two things — how much your business makes, and how risky that income stream looks to a buyer. The Leak Check surfaces both. Plug the leaks and EBITDA rises. Reduce owner dependence and the multiple rises with it. Together, they compound.
Based on 5,000 benchmarked companies, businesses scoring 80+ on growth readiness sell at 6.27x EBITDA. Below 50 sell at 2.76x. Same earnings, more than 2x the value. The only thing that changes is the financial design.
Quick Answers Before You Book
The questions owners ask most often before getting on the call.
Find Out Which Problem Is Costing You The Most
20 minutes. No prep. No pressure. Walk away knowing whether you have a tax problem, a scaling problem, or a profit leak — and what it’s worth to fix.
For US‑based service businesses doing $1M–$20M in annual revenue.