Your business is your life’s work. Let’s make sure it pays off.
Business Lab helps second-stage business owners grow company value, strengthen operations, and prepare for the future that matters most to them.
Start a conversation about your business today.
Trusted by business owners for over 20 years
How does your business measure up?
The Strategic Capacity Snapshot™ gives second-stage business owners a fast, confidential, owner-driven assessment of how their company is performing across Profit & Cash Flow, Growth, and Transferable Value.
In 15 minutes, you’ll see where value is being created, where it isn’t fully realized, and gain a clear baseline to guide your next decisions.
Confidential • Owner-only • No cost
Where are you now?
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Ready to grow.
You’ve built momentum — now it’s time to scale smarter and stronger.
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Seeking stability.
You want to strengthen your foundation and bring clarity to your finances.
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Planning ahead.
You're thinking about what's next and positioning your business for the future.
How we help
Every engagement begins with understanding where you stand — and builds toward measurable progress.
FLOW™ Assessment
Know exactly where your business stands with a rigorous, data-driven assessment that benchmarks performance and surfaces risks and opportunities in 21 days or less.
Advisory Partnership
Turn insight into action through focused 90-day sprints that bring clarity, accountability, and steady progress against your most important priorities.
Exit & Valuation Services
Prepare for sale, succession, or optionality by strengthening transferable value, reducing risk, and positioning your business for the best possible outcome.
Accelerator Sessions
Fast, focused advisory support for urgent challenges — when a decision can’t wait and experienced perspective matters most.
From uncertainty to confidence — and measurable results.
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Clarifies what matters
Fred never lets you lose sight of what’s most important, especially when the numbers get complex.
Kevin Welsh, Welsh Technologies
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Works from within
Sometimes I forget he’s a consultant. He really became part of the team.
Helaine Bilos, Neuro Community Care
Meet Fred Lilley, Founder of Business Lab.
A Certified Management Accountant and Certified Exit Planning Advisor with more than 20 years of experience, Fred has helped business owners raise over $600M in capital, add $350M in value, and achieve 11 successful turnarounds.
Clarity starts here.
Join hundreds of business owners who’ve used Business Lab to gain insight, increase company value, and plan what’s next.
Know where you stand — and what’s possible next.