Built from the inside
Grounded in legacy. Working alongside founders, operators, and families at the moments that define what a business becomes.
Most advisors study businesses from the outside. Pat Pitrone has built them from the inside — scaling a regional home improvement company to a sixty-location national franchise platform before a private equity acquisition. He has also stood on the other side of the table — inheriting a founder's legacy and growing it into something neither generation could have built alone. Today he brings that experience directly to home improvement and mobile services operators who are ready to grow, scale, and exit on their terms.
Every Business Reaches
an Inflection Point.
For founders, it is the moment growth stalls, and the business starts running them instead of the other way around. For acquisition entrepreneurs, it is the first ninety days of new ownership — the most consequential and most vulnerable period of the entire investment. For family businesses, it is the transition between generations — a moment that can either honor what was built or quietly undo it. These are not problems that resolve themselves. They require an operator who has lived through all three.
Three Disciplines.
One Integrated Approach.
We build the infrastructure that allows businesses to scale without the founder as the limiting factor.
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People
Leadership structure, organizational design, hiring frameworks, culture development, and compensation systems that attract and retain the right team.
Operations
Business operating system installation, KPI scorecards, production discipline, sales systems, and operating cadence that removes the founder as the bottleneck.
Profitability
Revenue scaling strategy, margin improvement, financial controls, EBITDA quality, and the operational documentation founders need to reach a meaningful exit — whether through private equity, strategic acquisition, or franchise expansion.
Four Client Lanes.
One Coherent Practice.
Home services business advisory
Home improvement and mobile services businesses between $2M and $10M that are ready to move from founder-dependent operations to a scalable, systematized business — and toward the exit the founder has earned.
Fractional Operating Partner
The bridge between your board and your C-suite — when ownership expects more than the leadership team is delivering. Pat serves as the structured operating presence that translates board priorities into execution, closes the accountability gap, and gives both sides the confidence that the business is moving in the right direction.
ETA (Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition) Advisory
Searchers and acquisition entrepreneurs who have stepped into someone else's creation and need an operator's perspective — especially in the critical first ninety days of new ownership.
Family Business Transition
Family-owned businesses navigating generational transition — whether preparing the next generation to lead, structuring a founder-to-successor handoff, or helping an inheriting generation grow beyond what the founder built.
Built for Growth. Built for Scale. Built for Exit.
Scaled a regional home improvement company from $2M in revenue to a sixty-location national franchise system with $90M+ in system-wide sales, culminating in a private equity acquisition by The Riverside Company in December 2020.
Served as Group President of Threshold Brands post-acquisition, supporting eleven franchise brands across the home improvement and home services landscape — leading growth strategy, operations, M&A integration, and organizational development.
Built a comprehensive sales program from the ground up for a residential painting contractor — structure, process, deliverables, and KPIs.
Led full operational build-out for a growing residential painting company across lead generation, sales, production, and asset management.
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PJP’s CORE VALUES
WE LEAD
WITH INTEGRITY, TRUST & RESPECT
WE CARE
ABOUT PEOPLE, CURIOSITY & IMPACT
WE GET IT DONE
WITH DRIVE, ACCOUNTABILITY & GRIT
WE VALUE RELATIONSHIPS
THROUGH CONNECTION, HUMILITY & THOUGHTFUL CANDOR
WE ALWAYS IMPROVE IN ALL WAYS
BY LISTENING, LEARNING & EVOLVING
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Every engagement begins with a conversation - not a pitch. If your business is at a point where clarity, structure, or experienced perspective would make a difference, this is the right place to start.