Research & Tech Transfer Salesforce
Research and tech transfer Salesforce in Minneapolis for research administration that has outgrown spreadsheets. We build what the office can govern, then hand ownership back.
The value of a company is set well before it goes to market — in the books a buyer can trust, the processes that don't live only in the founder's head, and a leadership bench that proves the business runs without you. We start exit-readiness work eighteen months out where possible, closing the gaps a diligence team will otherwise find for you, at a discount, during negotiation.
What's included
- Financial and operational due-diligence readiness, well ahead of a real process
- Process documentation that gets the business out of the founder's head
- Leadership bench development so day-to-day doesn't depend on one person
- Quality-of-earnings preparation alongside your accountant or banker
- Buyer-narrative and growth-story development for the data room
- A sequenced 12–18 month plan with milestones you can track against
How the engagement goes
Working session
A partner hears your timeline and goals — a sale, a family succession, an ESOP — and gives an honest read on what's ready today and what isn't.
Readiness diagnostic
Three weeks assessing the business the way a buyer's diligence team will — financials, contracts, customer concentration, leadership depth.
Close the gaps
A sequenced plan to document process, build the leadership bench, and clean up anything that would otherwise cost you at the negotiating table.
Stand by through the process
We stay available through a live transaction or succession, translating diligence requests without pulling you out of running the company.
Questions about research & tech transfer salesforce
We’re a 20-person company, not a Fortune 500. Are we too small?
You’re our core client. Redpath Consulting Group works with companies roughly – in revenue — big enough to have real operational complexity, small enough that a 23% EBITDA improvement changes the owner’s life. We size scope and fees to a mid-market P&L.
How long does a typical engagement last?
The diagnostic takes three weeks. Most execution engagements run 60–120 days, and about nine in ten clients then keep a lighter quarterly cadence. Nothing auto-renews and nothing is open-ended — every phase has a defined end date and a defined deliverable.
What should we bring to the free working session?
Just the problem as you see it. If you want maximum value, bring last year’s P&L and your top three frustrations — but plenty of first sessions start with nothing but “something is off and I can’t name it.” A partner, not a salesperson, runs the session.
Bring us the problem you can’t name yet.
A free 45-minute working session with a partner. Worst case, you leave with a sharper read on your own business.