FOR M&A ADVISORS & BUSINESS BROKERS
Your “not yet” sellers, made ready. Then handed back.
We are not a broker and never will be. That is the point.
Founded by an operator who has built, run and exited a trades company, so we know what your seller is dealing with on their side of the table.
If you have nowhere to send a seller who is not ready.
You tell an owner the business will not get what they want for it yet, and the conversation ends there. You have no consultants to hand them to and no reason to keep calling. We take that owner, score the business against 25 criteria, and run the work with the owner's own people. We do not broker, do not value, and take no part of the fee. The seller comes back to you, ready, and the transaction was always yours.
ALREADY RUN YOUR OWN COACHING?
If you already have a prep team and no open seats.
Some firms have built their own value-growth program. If that's you, we're not asking for referrals. We're offering capacity: when your coaches are full, or an owner needs someone in the business with them week to week, NCKTR takes the engagement under your brand and your roadmap. The client relationship, and the transaction, stay yours.
We don't do it for you. A business that depends on us is no more sellable than one that depends on you. We build it with your people, so it stays when we leave.
WHAT IT COSTS
Scope, fees and the commitment for your engagement are quoted in writing after a 20-minute Readiness Review.
Nothing begins until you have the exact scope and the exact price in writing.
THE TRANSACTION STAYS YOURS.
The transaction stays yours.
We don't broker. We don't value. We don't take listings. We don't take a cut of any sale through the partner diagnostic or white-label capacity engagement.
WHAT YOU GET
Evidence. Priorities. A next step.
The report
With the owner's written consent, you see the same evidence and findings.
A cleaner seller
An owner who knows which records and operating gaps need attention before a process.
A timeline you can plan around
A ten-business-day diagnostic, followed by the owner's decision about implementation.
HOW IT WORKS
One introduction. A clear handback.
Intro call
Book a 30-minute Referral Partner Introduction to discuss fit.
You introduce the owner
We confirm scope and consent directly with the owner.
The 10-day diagnostic
We review the evidence using the full diagnostic instrument.
Joint readout · optional
Join the review if the owner wants you there.
The owner decides
The owner chooses any next work. The sale stays yours.
PE SERVICES
For trades acquirers.
Pre-LOI readiness screening and post-close operational cleanup for trades acquirers. Defined evidence, operational priorities and a scope agreed in writing. No valuation, brokerage or transaction representation.
DISCUSS YOUR REQUIREMENTSTHE OFFER
Judge us on one of yours.
NCKTR is new, and you shouldn't refer a client on our word. So judge us on one of yours. Send one trades owner you've had to tell 'not yet.' We'll run the full 10-day Readiness Diagnostic at no cost to them or to you, and with their written consent you get the report.
We're only running a handful of these this quarter, six at the most.
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