US engineering company
OEM turbine installations.
Structuring the entity, commercial posture, and leadership team from day one. Cross-border capital and personnel across three jurisdictions.
Private Business Advisory
For the decisions founders cannot delegate.
Architecting decisions · Engineering results.
The person who catches the structural mistake while you are describing it. Names it in language you cannot unhear. Stays in the room until the decision closes.
Bring the decision. I meet you there.
Five situations · Five paths
Which one are you carrying?
Different situations move differently. Choose the one closest to yours.
The Stuck Decision
Month four of just one more week to think about it. Meanwhile the options are closing themselves.
The New Build
Day-one decisions disguised as paperwork. The entity, the cap table, the first three hires. Wrong now is expensive forever.
The Drift
Revenue up. Team quietly falling apart. Everyone pretending the pattern is not the pattern. The numbers catch up next quarter.
The Weight
One person carrying decisions no one else has been allowed to see. The team senses the strain before anyone names it. Silence is not how the weight gets lighter.
The Cross-Border Move
The rules are not the same on the other side. The buyers are not either. One wrong assumption compounds the fastest where it is hardest to see.
The mechanism
The decision has been open for months. Every meeting circles it. The numbers are getting worse while everyone agrees something must be done. Nobody names what it actually is.
The job is to catch the structural mistake you cannot see because you are inside it. Name it in language that cannot be unheard. Let the real decision surface. Close it. The conversation is the product.
How engagements start
Five steps. You are at step one.
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You apply
A short application. Stan reads every one personally.
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Direct reply within 48 hours
Yes with a time. No with a reason. Or a redirect, if a different structure serves you better.
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First conversation
Sixty to ninety minutes. Tier confirmed or reassigned. Scope and fee in writing.
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Secure payment
A direct link. Paid before the work starts.
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The work begins
The conversation is the product.
Ways to work
Three ways in. Same standard.
Every engagement is application-gated. Every engagement starts with the decision, never with a calendar.
Private Engagement
from $2,500A single focused engagement for one decision or structural question.
- Duration
- Single engagement, 2 to 4 conversations.
- Cadence
- Scheduled against the decision timeline.
- Format
- Video, or in person where geography allows.
- Scope
- Anchored to one specific question. Closes when resolved.
Right fit: founder or operator carrying one specific decision open for weeks or months. Most often The Stuck Decision or an early-stage New Build.
How this differs from a consultant Apply for Tier 01Principal Circle
from $4,500 / monthA recurring outside read for operators making consequential decisions continuously.
- Duration
- Three-month minimum. Ongoing after.
- Cadence
- Two 60 to 90 minute conversations per month.
- Format
- Video. Optional in-person quarterly.
- Scope
- Whatever is on the desk. Topics shift across the engagement.
Right fit: founder or operator whose decision surface is continuous, not one-off. Common across New Build, The Weight, ongoing Drift, and recurring Cross-Border work.
How this differs from a coach Apply for Tier 02Operating Partner
By applicationOn-site, principal-to-principal. Boards, founding teams, and ownership groups in transition.
- Duration
- Two to six months, scoped to the transition.
- Cadence
- Every two to four weeks. In person where geography allows.
- Format
- In the team's actual meeting. No parallel coaching.
- Scope
- One specific transition or decision. Closes on closure.
Right fit: multi-party decisions, governance transitions, ownership restructure. Detailed framework at /boards-and-teams.
For boards and teams Apply for Tier 03
After you apply
What separates this from any other consultant.
Three commitments that hold on every application.
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Read personally. Without exception.
Every application lands in Stan's inbox directly. No screeners. No sales team. No automation. The decision to reply comes from the person you would be working with.
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A reply within 48 hours.
Yes with a proposed first-conversation time. No with an honest reason. Or redirected if a different structure would serve you better. Never silence.
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The honest no, when it applies.
Some situations need a different kind of advisor. When that is the read, the right person is named. An honest no is often more valuable than a mismatched yes.
“The mistake is almost always structural. The person describing it almost always knows. The work is to name what they already sense so the decision can close.”
You know what decision this is. You have been carrying it for a reason.
See the three ways in
Personal reply within 48 hours
From $2,500 · By application