Relationship
We learn what you have led, where you want to live, and what kind of company you are equipped to build.
The operator-to-owner path
We handle the search. You lead the business.
For aspiring ETAs, corporate leaders, and proven small-business managers who want more responsibility, more autonomy, and a clear path to earning equity.
Introduce yourselfThe opportunity
Entrepreneurial ownership without searching alone.
Step into an established business with customers, employees, a reputation, and acquisition capital already in place.
The Ave sources and finances the acquisition. You join during diligence, help shape the operating plan, lead the transition, and take responsibility for day-to-day performance. We remain beside you for strategy, financial planning, recruiting, systems, and add-on acquisitions.
A real path to ownership
Depending on the opportunity, an operator may be able to earn approximately 5%–10% ownership in the specific operating company over three to five years. Any equity program is role-specific, performance-based, and documented in definitive agreements.
The journey
Built around fit—not filling a seat.
We develop relationships with potential operators before the right acquisition appears, then work together from diligence forward.
Match
We introduce an acquisition aligned with your experience, values, geography, and long-term goals.
Diligence
You help evaluate the team, customers, operating risks, growth plan, and transition before closing.
Transition
You work alongside the founder and The Ave to earn trust and protect business continuity.
Operate
You lead the company day to day with autonomy, accountability, and support from the platform.
Own
You earn operating-company equity through sustained performance and responsible stewardship.
Who thrives here
What we look for in a leader
Industry knowledge matters. Character, operating judgment, leadership range, and the ability to build trust matter more.
Own the outcome
You are comfortable being accountable for people, customers, financial results, and the details that make a field-service business run.
Lead from the front
You build credibility with technicians, crews, customers, and office teams by understanding the work and staying close to execution.
Build systems
You bring structure to estimating, scheduling, follow-up, billing, hiring, and performance management without creating bureaucracy.
Serve with humility
You lead with grace and respect, recognizing your responsibility to employees’ livelihoods, a founder’s legacy, and the customers who rely on the business.
Current leadership mandates
Businesses that need an owner-minded operator.
These opportunities are tied to active acquisition activity and are subject to transaction timing, diligence, and closing.
General Manager / Operating Partner
Fence services
Lead an established residential and commercial fence company. Own estimating, permitting, scheduling, crew performance, customer execution, and the operating plan while building the next layer of management.
Express interestGeneral Manager / Operating Partner
Landscape lighting
Build the local leadership platform for a growing exterior lighting business. Lead field execution, proposals, scheduling, materials, customer relationships, and team development, with support from a broader Florida lighting platform.
Express interestConfidential submission
Introduce yourself
Share your background and the type of business you are equipped to lead. All submissions are confidential.