Every Dollar of Recovered Margin Multiplies at Exit
Reflex builds the operational efficiency your buyer is looking for — with evidence they can verify. For business owners on a transition timeline and the advisors who guide them.
The Value Frame
Operational Efficiency Isn't Just a Cost Play. It's a Valuation Play.
A business valued at 5x EBITDA that recovers $400K in annual margin just added $2M to its enterprise value. Against a $72.5K first-year Reflex engagement, that's a 27x return on the exit event.
But the margin recovery is only part of the story. Buyers also pay premiums for businesses that demonstrate operational systematization: documented processes, automated workflows, reduced owner-dependency, and evidence that the operation runs without heroic individual effort.
Reflex provides all of this. The Priority List documents every inefficiency and every automation deployed. The ongoing monitoring proves the automations are working and the operation is stable. By the time your client enters due diligence, the buyer has evidence-based confidence in the operation's scalability.
Example: $400K annual recovery at 5x EBITDA
$2MAdded enterprise value
27x
Return at exit
$72.5K
First-year investment
For Advisors & Owners
A Turnkey Operational Efficiency Engagement for Your Clients
Whether you're an owner preparing your own business for sale, a CEPA advisor guiding a client, or an M&A advisor building a deal book, operational efficiency is a valuation lever. Reflex does the execution — across property management, staffing, insurance, or any mid-market operation.
The engagement fits naturally into a 12-24 month exit preparation timeline. The diagnostic produces the baseline assessment (month 1), the retainer builds the evidence portfolio (months 2-12), and by the time you're positioning the business for sale, you have documented proof of operational optimization with real financial impact.
Reflex handles all technical delivery. The owner sees the Priority List and the working automations. Advisors incorporate the results into the broader exit planning strategy.
Investment
Pricing in Context
Diagnostic
$12.5K
Operational due diligence your client runs on themselves before a buyer does. Produces the first Priority List and deploys working automations.
Guarantee: If we don't identify at least $50K in annualized inefficiency, you don't pay.
Retainer
$5K/mo
Continuous margin recovery that directly improves EBITDA. Target: $20K/month in recovered margin.
4x
return on investment
Growth
$10K/mo
Expanded scope, faster velocity. At a 5x multiple, every $1 recovered adds $60 in enterprise value annually. Target: $40K/month.
4x
return on investment
Scale
$15K/mo
For larger operations. Target: $60K/month in recovered margin.
4x
return on investment
We guarantee the diagnostic will find at least $50K in annualized inefficiency, or you don't pay. And you'll walk away with working automations already deployed — whether you continue to a retainer or not.