Strategy
Where the business is going, and the plan to get there — built with you, reviewed with you, and adjusted as the year unfolds.
CEO · A Seat on Your New Bench
You stay the CEO. We bring the counsel.
Your company keeps its leader: you. What changes is who you have in your corner — people who have built painting brands past $20 million, and who see what’s working, and what isn’t, across 24 partner companies in North America.
Your Company, Your Call
Wisdom and guidance — not a new boss.
Achieving long-term success requires more than hard work; it takes wise counsel. Our board of advisors serves as your trusted partners, offering expert guidance to help you transform your trade into a valuable, scalable asset.
That isn’t just a promise; it’s how the partnership is built. Most owners who partner with Aleph do so because they want more input on their business decisions. Even so, our partnerships are set up as “manager managed” entities with the founding partner named as the manager — a legal structure where you keep your autonomy to make the decisions.
The View From 24 Companies
See what’s coming before it reaches your market.
One owner sees one market. We work inside 24 partner companies across North America, so when something shifts — lead costs climb, the labor market tightens, a season starts slow, a new approach starts working — we usually see it in several places at once. You get that read early, and you get to borrow what’s already working somewhere else.
And you get it from people who have done it: building a painting brand past $20 million is a different job than building one to $3 million, and the people in your corner have done both.
What the CEO Seat Does
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Strategy, accountability and leaders who can run it.
Accountability
We lead, manage and hold the team accountable. Until you’re ready to hire your own integrator, our fractional integrators bridge the gap.
Leadership development
Founders and visionaries often lack the skills to develop integrators or key management roles. We work directly with yours, building their skills to stabilize operations and drive sustainable growth.
A business that doesn’t run on you
The goal is a company that pays you well for years — with leaders in the seats, so you’re leading the business instead of doing every job in it.
Board of Advisors
The counsel in your corner.
Chet Funk
Alex Calof
Erich Leidel
Jason Paris
Micah Stelter
Free owner’s tool · about 10 minutes
Take the Stability Scorecard
Where does your business stand?
Score your company on the five stability metrics we use to value our own painting companies — team, gross margin, acquisition cost, brand, and net profit — and see exactly where it lands.
Ready When You Are
Let’s build something durable.
If you’ve built a great brand and a durable team, we should talk. No exit clock. No strip-and-flip. Just partners who yoke up and stay.