Maximize what you keep, not just what you sell for.
Solenture serves as the lead advisor to business owners navigating a transition or sale. We start with you — your goals, your timeline, your definition of success — not the market.
We don’t just close deals. We design outcomes.
Traditional business brokerage is transaction-driven — focused on closing a deal and achieving a price. Solenture is outcome-driven. We differentiate ourselves by starting with the owner, not the market.
Every decision is anchored to your personal financial goals: what you need after the sale, how you want to be structured, and what the business should become. Only then do we determine if, when, and how a transaction should occur.
The result: not just a higher headline number, but a better net outcome. Better structure. Better terms. Better alignment with your life after the business.
- Transaction-driven, focused on closing
- Starts with the market and buyer demand
- Earns a fee on the sale price
- Engagement ends at close
- Tax and wealth planning are separate
- Outcome-driven, focused on net result
- Starts with your goals and financial picture
- Implement needed changes to optimize the outcome
- Strategy, tax, and wealth aligned from day one
- Integrated support through post-sale transition
- Coordinates and manages wealth deployment
Flexible support. Constant focus on your outcome.
Clients engage Solenture in different ways depending on their needs and timing. Some require targeted guidance at a specific stage; others rely on us to lead the full process. You can engage Solenture for a single need — or rely on us to guide the entire exit from planning through execution.
Advisory & Planning
Define your personal financial goals and required outcomes. Assess whether, when, and how a transition should occur. Quantify the role of the business in achieving your long-term objectives.
Value Optimization
Identify and close the gap between current value and desired outcome. Optimize organizational structure, leadership depth, and financial profile. Implement tax-aware ownership strategies to improve net proceeds.
Transaction Coordination
Serve as lead advisor and quarterback. Coordinate investment bankers, legal, and tax advisors. Evaluate offers, deal structures, and trade-offs. Maintain alignment with your strategy throughout the process.
Execution & Transition
Direct involvement in positioning, buyer engagement, and negotiation. Coordinate post-close wealth deployment through Reedmark Advisors, LLC. Ensure the proceeds of the sale serve your long-term personal financial plan.
Full-spectrum exit advisory at every stage.
Exit Readiness & Value Gap Analysis
Most business owners don’t know what their company is actually worth to a buyer — or what it would need to be worth to meet their financial goals. We close that gap.
Solenture conducts a structured assessment of your business’s current state, identifies the factors most likely to affect valuation, and builds a roadmap to close the gap between where you are and where you need to be.
- Business valuation and buyer-readiness assessment
- Value gap identification and prioritization
- EBITDA normalization and financial cleanup
- Owner-dependency analysis
- Operational and organizational risk review
- Exit timeline and milestone planning
Transaction Advisory & Coordination
A business sale involves attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, and sometimes multiple advisors with conflicting incentives. Solenture acts as the single, owner-aligned voice in the room, keeping the strategy intact from first conversation through close.
We can support a transaction you’ve already initiated, or engage earlier to structure the process from the start. Either way, our focus remains constant: what you keep, not just what you sell for.
- Transaction structuring and deal review
- Advisor coordination (legal, tax, investment banking)
- Letter of intent and offer evaluation
- Due diligence preparation and management
- Negotiation strategy and support
- Buyer engagement and positioning
Post-Sale Wealth Integration
The transaction closing is not the finish line — it’s the starting line for a different set of decisions. What you do with the proceeds in the 12 months following a sale can define your financial life for decades.
Solenture coordinates the full post-liquidity picture: tax-efficient deployment, estate and trust structures, investment strategy, and income planning. No handoff. No coordination gap. The same team that helped you sell your business helps you manage what comes next.
- Post-liquidity wealth strategy
- Tax-efficient asset deployment
- Estate and trust coordination
- Investment management through Reedmark Advisors, LLC
- Risk management and asset protection
- Income and retirement planning
- Family wealth and legacy planning
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Every engagement is different. Every outcome is personal. Below are representative examples of the kinds of situations Solenture has navigated with clients.
Privately-Held Manufacturer — Pittsburgh Region
Second-generation owner approaching retirement with no clear successor. Solenture conducted a full exit readiness review, identified key-man dependency as the primary value risk, implemented a leadership transition plan, and ultimately positioned the business for a management buyout at a valuation significantly above the owner’s initial expectations.
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Professional Services Firm — Mid-Atlantic
Owner had received an unsolicited acquisition offer and engaged Solenture to evaluate the structure and represent their interests. Through transaction advisory and coordinated legal and tax counsel, Solenture helped the client improve deal terms and negotiate post-close earn-out protections that added meaningful value to the final outcome.
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Business Owner — Healthcare Services
Following the sale of a multi-location healthcare services business, Solenture — in coordination with Reedmark Advisors, LLC — developed a comprehensive post-liquidity wealth plan. The integrated approach addressed tax-efficient deployment of sale proceeds, estate structure updates, and a long-term investment strategy aligned with the owner’s retirement and legacy goals.
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Your exit is the most important deal you’ll ever do.
The best time to engage Solenture is before you need us — ideally 2–3 years before a planned transition, but we can add value at any stage. If you’ve received an offer, are thinking about a timeline, or just want to understand where you stand, let’s talk.