Get in the Pipeline Before We Buy: The Operator-in-Residence Path

Here's how most people picture running their own business: save for years, take out a loan, sign a personal guarantee, and hope you find a decent company to buy before the money runs out.

There's a better door — and it opens before the business is even bought.

It's called Operator-in-Residence. The best acquirers in the country use a version of it, and the logic is simple: back the operator first, then go find the right business for them. In the industry they call it "backing the jockey before you buy the horse." We call it the smartest way to put a great operator in charge of a real company without asking them to bet their savings.

How It Works for You

When you join our Operator-in-Residence bench, here's the path:

1. You apply and we get to know you. Your background, your trade, your geography, and the kind of business you'd want to run.
2. We vet you and add you to the bench. No cost, no commitment from you — just a real relationship and a clear picture of fit.
3. You get first look. When we go after a home-service business that matches your profile, you're at the front of the line to run it.
4. You help shape the hunt. Our strongest candidates get involved in evaluating targets — your read on a business in your own trade is worth more than any spreadsheet.
5. We acquire it. You run it. You step in as the operating partner — backed by our capital and back-office — with an equity stake in the upside you build.

Why Get in Early — Before There's a "Job"

The best operating roles never get posted. By the time a business is acquired, the person who's going to run it has usually already been chosen — often someone the acquirer knew and trusted before the deal.

Being on the bench early means you're that person. You're not refreshing a careers page waiting for a listing. You're already in the room when we decide what to buy — and the business gets shaped, in part, around you.

What You Get

• An established business, not a startup. Existing revenue, crew, and customers — the hardest 20 years already behind it.
• Our capital, not your savings. No SBA loan, no personal guarantee, no second mortgage.
• Real equity. When you grow the business, you build wealth — not just hit a bonus.
• Back-office firepower. Finance, HR, systems, and deal support so you run the business, not the paperwork.
• Partners who've done it. A team that acquires, holds, and grows these companies for a living.

Who We're Looking For

Proof you can lead people and grow a business — not a specific résumé.

• P&L ownership — you've carried a number and made the calls that move it.
• Team leadership — especially leading people in the field.
• A builder's mindset — you see a business and instantly spot what would make it better.
• Trades or field-service experience is a strong plus, as is multi-unit or GM experience.
• Based in or willing to relocate to the NYC metro, Long Island, Westchester, or Northern New Jersey.

The Honest Part

Sometimes the right business is available in 60 days. Sometimes it takes longer — because we'd rather wait for the right fit than rush you into the wrong one. That's the whole point of backing the operator first.

While we search, we keep our strongest candidates close: involved in evaluating targets, and in regular contact. And here's a quiet truth of this business — good operators know other owners. If you know a trades owner who's thinking about retiring, you might just help us find the very business you end up running.

Get on the Bench

If you've run a business — or led one well enough that you're ready to — this is the path worth being early on. Tell us about yourself. Every application is read personally, and the strongest candidates become part of how we search.