Launching a new idea?Managing a leadership transition?Investing in a new growth path?Navigating a crisis?

Long-term growth built on thoughtful improvements over time: Where others look for quick wins and accounting tricks, we approach growth and business development through patience, hard work, and trust. Before we choose to partner with a team, we get to know the business, spend time getting to know the owners and their teams to understand their goals and approach, and thoroughly so we can help make thoughtful improvements. We don’t seek to fix what isn’t broken.

Patience and collaboration: We don’t believe in quick fixes. Instead, our objective is to work closely with management teams to assure an alignment of interests, implementing plans and solutions built on their mission, values, and strategic focus. We believe solutions built this way take time to develop and always lead to better long-term value.

Adding value: Our goal is to make good companies and ideas even better. We do this over time by providing the resources, knowledge and talent to implement positive, growth-producing changes.

Business Advisory Services: Businesses across all industries face big challenges, and oftentimes, investment alone is not enough to help scale a business or overcome a challenge. We work with companies that are growing or have the potential for growth, if given the appropriate tools and supports.

Candor Creates Trust: Our approach is rooted in candor. That begins with admitting we're not like other companies. While most provide the same advice and same people for whatever challenge a client might face, we focus on deploying the best talent and appropriate resources to ensure you can seize the opportunities before you. Our teams change with every project because no two companies or opportunities are alike.

Legal & Regulatory Support: Every company that grows often faces regulatory and legal obstacles. These include the necessity to restructure existing entities into a form that improves efficiencies and encourages future investment, to formalize board and corporate governance procedures, to comply with new local laws, and manage risk. We team with companies to offer complete legal assistance and strategy.

Education Technology and Procurement: Approached by an entrepreneur, Long Road helped hone their initial idea, source technology partners, develop and launch the first product, and secure funding and user testing.

Opioid treatment company: When development had stalled, Long Road created funding, marketing, and business systems and materials for client while working with state and federal government entities to help bring product to market.

Real Estate development firm: A fast-growing company faced potential slow-downs if it couldn’t get a handle on its back-office. Long Road refined their back-office operations to increase efficiency, operational capacity, and investments in scale, allowing company to grow to additional cities and return investments to their capital partners ahead of schedule.

Consortium of Schools: Long Road was recently approached to help develop innovative transportation solutions that would increase student and family stability and solve city-wide challenges caused by inadequate transportation solutions

Education Nonprofit: When the Founder/Executive Director of a non-profit suddenly departed, Long Road provided crisis management, developed procedures and executive support, and sustained donor relationships and continued operations.