Weeks Consulting Group · Advisory Services
Practical advice for your next business decision.
The right next move depends on the business you have, the resources available, and what you want ownership to look like in the years ahead.
Weeks Consulting Group provides business consulting and owner advisory for established, owner-led companies, generally with $2 million to $20 million or more in revenue. Ed Weeks Jr. helps you evaluate growth, acquisitions, capital, and exit options, then define the work needed to move forward.
You work directly with Ed. Every engagement starts with the decision you face and a written scope that sets out the objectives, responsibilities, and fees.
Owner advisory: a clearer view of your options
You may know something needs to change without knowing whether the answer is growth, a sale, new capital, or a different role for you in the business. Owner advisory gives you a place to examine those choices before committing.
The work can address business value, owner dependence, capital needs, and the tradeoffs between continuing to operate, acquiring, recapitalizing, and selling. The aim is a considered decision and an actionable next step. In some situations, that means improving the business and holding it.
If selling is on your mind, start with Should I Sell My Business or Keep It?
Decision work and private advisory
Some situations call for focused work around one consequential choice. You may be weighing an offer, considering an acquisition, or deciding how to fund the next stage of the company.
After qualification, Ed defines the question with you, the information needed to evaluate it, and the scope of the advisory work. This creates a clear starting point for examining the options and deciding what to do next.
Decision work and private advisory start at $5K+. The engagement is scoped around the decision and the work required.
M&A advisory, sell-side preparation, and exit planning
When a sale, recapitalization, or ownership transition is the direction you want to pursue, preparation matters. So does understanding the proposed transaction beyond the headline price.
WCG’s sell-side and exit work can include:
- Readiness: examine the financial and operating information that will support a buyer’s evaluation.
- Positioning: clarify the strengths of the business and the issues an owner should address before approaching the market.
- Buyer strategy: consider which types of buyers and ownership arrangements fit the owner’s objectives.
- Transaction structure and process coordination: assess the business implications of proposed terms and coordinate the advisory process alongside legal, tax, and other appropriate specialists.
This work can begin before a sale process or support an owner already in one. Read Paper Before Price for a closer look at the records that support an exit discussion.
Capital strategy for growth, acquisitions, and recapitalization
A capital decision should serve a business purpose. Ed helps you consider whether growth capital, acquisition financing, or a recapitalization fits the move you want to make and the obligations the business can take on.
The discussion starts with what the capital is for, how it relates to the business, and the tradeoffs involved. WCG does not lend or sell securities. Any introductions depend on the written engagement and what is appropriate and permitted.
Acquisition advisory and buy-side mandates
For a buyer with an established acquisition thesis, WCG can support the search and evaluation process through a defined buy-side mandate.
- Screen potential targets against the buyer’s thesis.
- Originate opportunities and support owner conversations beyond listed sale processes.
- Evaluate business fit, owner dependence, and the practical questions raised by an acquisition.
- Coordinate work through diligence within the agreed scope.
Origination is part of the mandate. The broader purpose is to help the buyer assess whether an acquisition makes sense. See what buyers look for in a business acquisition.
Clear scope. Direct involvement. Agreed fees.
Qualification is free. It establishes whether your situation is a fit and what the next step should be. It is not a free consulting engagement.
- $5K+: decision work and private advisory.
- $10K+: advisory engagements and buy-side mandates.
- 2%+: transaction success fees, only where appropriate and permitted.
These are starting points, not fixed quotes. Objectives, deliverables, responsibilities, and final fees are set out in a written engagement before work begins. Ed leads the work and brings in independent specialists when needed; they are not WCG employees or partners.
WCG is an owner advisory practice, not a broker, lender, large investment bank, marketing agency, AI consultancy, or coaching program. WCG does not provide legal, tax, or securities advice, sell securities, or issue quality of earnings reports. Your legal and tax professionals remain responsible for their respective advice.
Learn more about Ed Weeks Jr., review his operating and advisory experience, or see how working together starts.
Bring the decision you are working through
You do not need to know which service fits yet. Start with the qualification assessment and describe the business, the decision, and what you need help evaluating.