Growth & Value Advisory for Founder-Led Companies

Accelerate growth. Build value. Exit on your terms.

Growth Strategy Partners helps founder-led businesses accelerate their revenue, profit and organizational growth and value, and prepares companies for a sale.

On average, we have delivered a 220% profit improvement to clients in the first year, and provided them with a 7X return on our professional fees.

Request a Growth & Value Assessment Explore the 7 Keys to Growth

A focused, fixed-fee diagnostic. Know where your value is—and where it isn't—in 30 days.

Advisor charting a company's growth trajectory
30+
Years operating and advising middle market companies
2x
CEO / President roles with significant EBITDA growth delivered
17
Years founding and leading Growth Strategy Partners
150+
Client engagements across consumer, industrial, food & outdoor sectors

What We Do

We're doers, not advisors.

We are hands-on strategic and tactical change agents. We "professionalize" founder-led businesses.

  • We know where and how to accelerate value creation and prepare companies for an eventual sale.
  • Specific services include: strategic planning (build the growth & value plan), revenue generation strategies (increase sales), organizational development (build teams and culture, executive coaching), operational improvements & supply chain (grow profits), product development/management (introduce new and rationalize existing products), and M&A (exit and purchase planning).
  • We understand change takes time to stick, so we've built a consulting model that helps you change over time while balancing consulting fees. We've transformed companies for over three years, with owners receiving a very high return on professional fees.
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Why We're Unique

Data driven. Owner experienced. Results proven.

Three reasons founder-led companies trust Growth Strategy Partners with their growth and value.

Data Driven

We've done our research. We conducted extensive research to identify what drives long-term, profitable growth: The 7 Keys to Growth.

  1. Effective Strategic Planning
  2. Right People in the Right Seats
  3. Advanced Customer Management
  4. Differentiated Products and Services
  5. Robust Operating Processes
  6. Strong Core Values
  7. Ability to Execute

Experience

We've lived in owner and founder shoes. Our consultants have previously been CEOs, Presidents, and operating executives of founder-led businesses—or founded businesses themselves.

Results

On average, we've delivered a

220%profit improvement
7Xreturn on professional fees in the first year

How We Engage

Three ways to work with Growth Strategy Partners

Start Here

Growth & Value Assessment

A fixed-fee, 30-day diagnostic across the 7 Keys. You get a scored baseline, an estimate of your value gap, and a prioritized action plan.

  • 7 Keys scorecard & benchmarks
  • Enterprise value range & value gap
  • Top 5 value-building priorities
Build Value

Value Acceleration Program

A structured 12–36 month engagement to close the value gap—quarterly initiatives, measurable EBITDA targets, and hands-on execution support.

  • Annual objectives & quarterly sprints
  • Margin, growth & risk-reduction initiatives
  • KPI tracking against valuation impact
Prepare to Exit

Exit Readiness & Transaction Support

Get the company—and the owner—ready for a transition. We prepare the business for diligence and work alongside your bankers, CPAs, and attorneys.

  • Pre-diligence readiness review
  • Buyer-lens risk remediation
  • Advisor team coordination through close

Who We Work With

Built for owners. Trusted by their advisors.

Business Owners & CEOs

Founder-led companies, typically $10M–$150M in revenue, in consumer products, food, industrial, and outdoor sectors—who want to grow faster, improve profitability, or prepare for a transition in the next 2–7 years.

  • You want growth that increases what the company is worth
  • You suspect the business is too dependent on you
  • You want options: sell, transition, or keep growing—on your terms

Professional Advisors

CPAs, wealth advisors, attorneys, and investment bankers whose clients need value creation work before a transaction. Growth Strategy Partners strengthens your client's outcome—and your relationship. We complement your role; we never compete with it.

  • Clients whose businesses aren't yet ready for market
  • Valuation gaps between owner expectations and reality
  • A partner who prepares companies, then hands them back to you

The Path

A disciplined process, not an open-ended engagement

1

Assess

The Growth & Value Assessment establishes your baseline: where value is being created, where it's leaking, and what the gap is worth in dollars.

2

Plan

Together we build a value acceleration roadmap—specific initiatives, owners, timelines, and the EBITDA and multiple impact of each.

3

Execute

We work alongside your team quarter by quarter to deliver the plan. Progress is measured in enterprise value, not activity.

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About the Founder

Advice from someone who has sat in your chair.

Chris DiCenso founded Growth Strategy Partners and led it for 17 years before stepping into the operator's seat—serving as CEO and President of two middle market companies, where he delivered significant EBITDA growth in both roles.

His career spans senior consulting roles at Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Grant Thornton, and co-developing the exit planning consulting practice at Generational Equity. He has built growth strategies, led operational turnarounds, and prepared companies for transactions—from both sides of the table.

That dual experience is Growth Strategy Partners' edge: recommendations grounded in what actually works when you're the one accountable for the P&L.

Chris DiCensoFounder & Managing Partner, Growth Strategy Partners

What Clients Say

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Find out what your business is worth—and what it could be worth.

Start with a Growth & Value Assessment. Fixed fee, 30 days, and a plan you can act on whether or not we work together afterward.

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