Alaska Operator

Find a successor

Sell your business to a local owner-operator.

We work with Alaska companies doing roughly $2M to $15M in revenue. A few questions so we come prepared. About three minutes, and it commits you to nothing.

A range is enough. We never publish this.

This decides which structures are on the table.

Three fields are required. Everything else helps us come prepared, and skipping any of it costs you nothing. We never sell individual company data.

Company standards

We only take a company to market when it is ready.

  • A complete data room

    Everything a buyer asks for, organized before they ask.

  • Numbers that hold up

    Financials that tie to the returns and survive a quality of earnings review.

  • A long range plan

    Where the business goes in three years, with the assumptions already tested.

  • A deal structure you agreed to

    What is sold, how it is paid for, how long you stay, and what happens to the crew.

  • A team the buyer trusts

    Someone other than the owner who can answer for the numbers and run the day.

  • Risk found first

    Concentration, key-person dependence, contracts, litigation. Fixed or disclosed on your terms.

Where you are

Do any of these sound like you?

Your situation

  • Ready to retire
  • Cashing out a minority stake
  • Buying out a partner
  • Selling to move on to the next project
  • Looking for investment to expand
  • Just starting to think about it

What you might be exploring

  • Alaska Native Corporations
  • A competitor or strategic buyer
  • Family transfer
  • Employee buyout
  • ESOP
  • Local private equity

Not ready to think about any of that yet? We also work on acquisitions, capital, and growth strategy for owners who are building rather than selling.

The Alaska Operator approach

One stop, from prep to close.

Think of us like a general contractor. We do the heavy lifting and hold the schedule between counsel, tax, lending, and valuation, so you can keep running the business while the process runs.

The strategic plan

About three months

Learn the business in detail, find the gaps a buyer would price against, and hand you the plan for the next two years.

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Deep-dive diagnostic

Mutual NDA and secure kickoff
Financial and operational deep dive
Owner education, the buyer's lens

Risk and value mapping

Constraints and value-driver mapping
Advisor team mapping and alignment

Findings and game plan

Findings and baseline report
The game plan, and a go or no-go

Illustrative only. Every engagement is tailored to the business.

Questions

What owners ask us first.

Is this confidential?
Yes. Initial conversations are held in confidence, and once we engage we put an NDA in place. Nothing is listed, advertised, or shown to anyone without your written approval. Most owners we work with have told nobody except a spouse.
What is my business actually worth?
Nobody can answer that from a conversation. What we can tell you early is the range the market is paying for companies like yours, and which things about yours are pulling it toward the bottom of that range. Those things are usually fixable.
Who buys a business like mine?
More people than most owners expect. A competitor who already knows your name, an operator from another industry wanting cash flow, your general manager with the right financing, or your kids with the right structure. Our job is making sure the first caller is not the only option you consider.
What happens to my employees?
That depends on the path you pick, which is why we ask what matters most before anything else. An owner who ranks the crew first runs a different process than one who ranks price first, and it changes who we approach and what we prepare.
How is this different from listing with a broker?
A broker is paid to sell. We are paid to get you to the outcome you chose, which may be a sale, an employee buyout, a family transfer, or an ESOP. We also do the preparation in the years before, and we stay through the close. Some owners use both, and we work alongside brokers regularly.
I already have an offer. Do I need you?
Maybe not, and we will tell you if that is the case. But one offer is a data point, not a market. At minimum, have someone independent read it before you sign anything, particularly a letter of intent with an exclusivity clause.
What does working with you cost?
It depends on the business, and that is not a dodge. A company with clean statements and a general manager already running the floor needs a fraction of the work of one where the owner knows everything. The first conversation is free, and we quote in writing before any work begins.
When should I start?
Two to three years before you want to be out. That sounds early and it is the point: what your company sells for is mostly decided in the years before anyone makes an offer. Inside twelve months there is no runway left to move the number.

Something not answered here? Ask us directly.