We work with founders and owners of established, profitable businesses who need a strategic advisor. Not a fractional executive. Not a management consultant. A peer-level advisor who has actually been a CEO, a CFO, and a COO — and who can challenge your thinking on the decisions that matter most.
Owners of profitable, operating businesses with $1M to $10M in revenue
Family businesses, established services companies, niche manufacturers, regional operators
Founders selectively engaged at the seed or Series A/B stage when the founder, the opportunity, and the relationship justify the work
Business owners facing major decisions — growth, acquisition, succession, exit — without a peer-level advisor to challenge their thinking
Founder & Owner Advisory is structured as a retainer-based advisor relationship — a defined cadence of strategic conversations, board-style challenge, and access between meetings as needed. Project-based work (business plans, financial models, strategic plans, succession or exit preparation) supports the advisory engagement.
We do not operate as a fractional CEO, CFO, or COO. That is a different model — one that creates dependency and operates as commodity. V&A's value is in the advisor seat, not in the operating seat.
Most business advisors have studied the work. Ramon has done it. He's been the CEO making the hire-or-fire call at 11 p.m. He's been the CFO modeling whether next quarter survives. He's been the COO trying to keep operations moving while strategy is still being figured out. That experience is what owners are actually paying for when they hire a real advisor — and it's what generic management consultants and fractional executive platforms cannot provide.
Government relations, public affairs, and strategic advisory.
Phoenix Office
2801 E Camelback Rd, Suite 200
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Mailing
PO Box 31
Sahuarita, AZ 85629
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