OnwardPriya N.
Background
Operations consultant for small manufacturers and distributors — ten years of walking into someone else's shop, finding the bottleneck, and fixing it with the team they already have.
What they'd build on it
Buy one durable business and run it for decades. Modernize the boring parts — scheduling, invoicing, inventory — without touching what customers actually value.
- Who'd run it
- Would run it themselves
- Where their search is
- Looking actively, reviewing businesses now
- Why they want to buy
- Be my own boss · Put my experience to work in an industry I know · Build long-term wealth and ownership
- Has owned or run a business before
- No
- Has bought a business before
- No
I've spent ten years making other founders' companies run better. I'm ready to bet on my own judgment instead.
What they’re looking for
The business and owner they're looking for
Distribution, light manufacturing, or B2B services in southeast Michigan, $1M–$5M revenue, with a second-in-command already in the building.
What happens to the people who work there, and why
Every plan I've ever written started with the people who already know the work. I'd expect to be the least knowledgeable person in the building for a year, and to pay accordingly.
What would change, and why
The way the work gets done would change slowly, and only where the team agrees it should. I have watched consultants break things by moving fast. I would rather be slow and right.
- Plans for the team
- Get to know each person before making any decisions
What Priya would keep the same
- The business name
- The location
- Phone number, website and email
- Key customer relationships
- The services or products offered
- Vendors and suppliers
How long they'd want the owner to stay: 3 to 6 months.
The words and figures here are Priya’s own. Onward verified their identity.
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Make a free owner accountHow they'd pay: Bank or SBA loan
When they'd close: Next 6–12 months
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- Who's helping them
- M&A attorney · CPA or accountant · Lender or bank · Quality of earnings firm
Says they can show: lender pre-qualification — their own words, not yet checked by Onward.