Higher Peak helps searchfund and entrepreneurship through acquisition (EtA) operators install a business operating system in the first year after closing. Running a newly acquired company is a different mountain to climb. We help operators align an inherited team, build enterprise value, and scale with clarity, without burning out.
Stepping into the CEO seat of a company you bought brings its own set of challenges. And they aren't going away on their own.
And maybe you're even wondering… “What did I get myself into?”
Most coaches have never done a deal, let alone operated and sold one. I've sat on every side of this table, and come out the other end.
We don't just hand you a binder. We rope in and climb with you.
Implementing Pinnacle clarifies the vision, builds trust and buy-in across the team, and gives everyone the tools to execute faster.
Build the leadership bench so the business isn't riding on you alone, and you can finally lead.
Priorities tied to the numbers that matter to your lenders and investors, quarter after quarter.
Build a company worth far more when you're ready to hand off the rope, on your terms.
If you've bought a business, or you're about to, and you're staring up at the climb ahead, you're who we built this for.
Operators who bought the mountain, roped in, and started the climb.
Take the free Baseline Assessment, or grab time to talk through the climb ahead. No pressure, no hard sell.
Most operators are best served somewhere between month three and month twelve. Too early and you are still learning the business and have not earned the team's trust. Too late and bad habits have set, key people have left, and you have spent a year firefighting. The signal to move is when you can name the problems but cannot get the team to solve them without you.
They solve different problems, and the strongest setup is often both. A fractional COO takes work off your plate and runs part of the business with you. An implementer builds the structure so the whole team can execute without depending on either of you. Together they compound: the COO has a system to operate inside rather than holding things together personally, and the operating system has someone driving it day to day between sessions. If you can only do one right now, ask whether your problem is capacity or clarity. Capacity points to a COO. Nothing moving unless you push it points to a system.
You inherited the team, the culture, and the processes rather than choosing them. The team has history you were not part of and loyalty you have not earned yet. Founders get to build alignment as they grow. Acquirers have to create it inside an organization that already works a certain way, often while the seller is still around.
Yes. For holdcos, independent sponsors, and PE-backed portfolios, Higher Peak typically works as an operating resource across portfolio companies rather than with the fund itself. The engagement sits with the operating company where the leadership team actually is.
Anthony co-founded and scaled Ally Pediatric Therapy to 8+ locations and 250+ employees before a majority sale in 2022. That means the growth ceilings, the multi-site complexity, the leadership hires that did not work, and the exit process are lived experience rather than framework knowledge.
Yes. Higher Peak is based in Phoenix and Arizona engagements are preferred for in-person sessions, but Anthony works with operators nationwide through a mix of travel and virtual work.