I grew up in W Kentucky on a tobacco farm in a 3rd generation steelworker family, forming the basis for my values and ethics. Between my first job of weeding a corn row and now, I’ve been fortunate enough to build a multidisciplinary base of experience across Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Process Improvement in progressive leadership roles across a range of industries. I’m prepared and excited to fully invest a lifetime of learning into my own business.
Backed by personal capital and investors, ensuring smooth and secure business acquisitions.
Strong financial credibility, demonstrating reliability and trustworthiness in handling business transactions.
Reliable funding secured from trusted lenders, ensuring smooth and hassle-free business acquisitions.
Business with 5+ years of operational history.
$750K-$2M EBITDA with 10%+ healthy margins (EBITDA).
Track record of surviving economic cycles and industry shifts.
Remotely Anywhere in the U.S.; physical presence: Florida or SE USA.
Existing management & 7+ employees, no key-person risk.
Some Industries Food and Beverage, Retail, Logistics, Startups
Business owners seeking a structured exit strategy for retirement.
Committed to the well-being of employees, customers, and company legacy.
Owners who are confident in the company’s long-term success.
Operates with a high level of integrity, transparency, and trust.
Culture is everything. I believe in the power of ownership, autonomy, support, and alignment and have built teams between 2-150+ people, from 2-5 level org charts. I'm very proud to have facilitated the growth of leaders across many levels and departments. These are relationships I value and continue today.
I recognize that from the first touch onward, every customer interaction is the heart and soul of your retention and growth tools and a chance to provide a differentiatingly memorable experience. I've learned many ways to establish and grow business development processes from org structure, to technology stack, to Go-To-Market strategies. I've helped companies grow smartly and smoothly from $1M to $32M in a few years, without losing their culture, and serviced Fortune 5 accounts, accumulating time-tested world-class best practices that I'm anxious to instill in my own company.
Continuous improvement is a core operating principle. As a "former" Six Sigma process improvement operator at heart, I'm passionate about measuring what success looks like with smart, aligned KPI's, engaging the team in their goals and strategy, and optimizing processes to support achieving them. Everyone has a voice in how we improve and are rewarded for their contributions.
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Criteria
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Ataraxia Accelerators
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Private Equity
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Strategic/Competitor
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| Your Company | My sole focus since I am FULLY investing my capital and future in your company. | One of many in a big portfolio | One of many divisions forced to fit in |
| Day Job | Learning what you do, so that it can be replicated | Looking for the next deal and investment | Implementing and integrating HQ's strategy, tools, and people |
| Goals | Grow wisely and smoothly to create security and opportunities for the team | Maximize investor returns and prep for a profitable exit by cutting costs or merging | Cuts costs, absorbs assets, and eliminates non-essential parts |
| Long-Term | Ensure it keeps running the same | 3-5 years before they flip it | Fully integrate within parent company |
| Employees | Retained & valued as part of the family as they're mission critical | Layoffs to cut costs | Downsize and eliminate redundant roles |
| Your Role | Flexible and tailored to how much involvement you want | Expected to stay full-time for a few years for full payout | Become an employee |
| Your Legacy | Secured, honored, and grown | Meaningless, just a transactional sale | Replaced |
| Deal & Payout | Flexible for your needs and aligned together for success | Restrictive structures and often delayed payouts based on you staying | Least flexible, tailored to parent company's interests |
I’m a former two-time small business owner, not part of a private equity group; rather, I am an individual buyer using my own hard-earned savings from a 25-year career to transition from an executive role to becoming a hands-on owner.
Ataraxia Accelerators – Investing in growth, preserving a legacy, and building businesses for lasting success.
jeremy.ogle@atxacc.com
859-433-6703