Middle Tennessee · Operations & construction advisory
Straightedge Advisory gives business owners a part-time COO, and homeowners a builder-savvy advocate on their side of the table. Two services, one operator who has run the P&L and the job site.
Which one are you?
Home services, builders and remodelers, and multi-unit restaurants with $2–15M in revenue and no operations leader.
You get an operating system: KPIs, SOPs, accountability and P&L discipline, without a full-time executive salary.
How the COO service worksCustom homes and remodels of $300k or more in Franklin, Brentwood, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson's Station, Columbia and Nashville.
You get someone who has sat on the builder's side and now reviews the numbers and the paperwork for you. I don't build, so I'm builder-neutral.
How the owner's rep service worksWhy Straightedge
John Howard has run operations and P&Ls for multi-unit companies for years, most recently as COO of a high-end custom home builder.
Turnarounds across restaurant and dental groups, where margin is won location by location.
Operations leadership in plumbing and exterior home services: crews, scheduling, job costing and callbacks.
COO of a high-end builder, so I know how bids, allowances, draws and change orders are put together.
Free for homeowners
Most of the money homeowners lose is locked in before the first shovel. This one-page checklist covers what to verify in the bid, the contract and the draw schedule.
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Tell me what's going on in your business or your build. If I can help, I'll say how and what it costs. If I can't, I'll say that too.