About Us
We Built This Firm for One Kind of Problem
Most consulting firms are built to serve large enterprises. We built ours to serve the owners of privately held businesses — the people who built something real and are ready to make it last beyond them.
The Firm
Mastodon Consulting Group was founded on a simple observation: the most valuable businesses in the middle market are not the ones with the highest revenue. They are the ones that can operate, grow, and be valued independently of the person who built them.
We have spent our careers working inside and alongside privately held businesses — as operators, advisors, and investors. We have seen what happens when an owner tries to sell a business that runs on their relationships, their judgment, and their presence. We have also seen what happens when they do the work to change that.
The difference is not luck. It is not timing. It is a specific set of decisions made deliberately, over time, by an owner who understood what buyers actually pay for.
Philosophy
How We Think About This Work
Outcomes Over Deliverables
We are not in the business of producing reports. We are in the business of changing what a business is worth. Every engagement is measured against that standard — not against the volume of work produced.
Candor Over Comfort
We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. This is not a posture — it is a requirement. Owners who have built successful businesses are often the last to see the structural problems that limit their value. Our job is to see them clearly and say so directly.
Depth Over Breadth
We work with a small number of clients at any given time. This is intentional. The work we do requires genuine engagement — not a methodology applied from a distance. We are selective because the quality of the work depends on it.
What We Bring to the Engagement
20+
Years of operating and advisory experience in the middle market
$400M+
In transaction value across exits, recapitalizations, and transitions advised
60+
Privately held businesses engaged across professional services, manufacturing, and business services
3–5
Active client engagements at any time — by design, not by constraint
We Are Selective. So Are Our Clients.
The right engagement starts with an honest conversation about where you are and where you want to be. If there is a fit, we will tell you. If there is not, we will tell you that too.