Yohan Capital helps $1M–$5M St. Louis business owners stop leaving money on the table — fixing cash flow, locking revenue into contracts, and building a business that runs without them so they can exit at a premium multiple.
Most $1M–$5M owners are stuck in the same cycle. None of these are permanent — but all three must be fixed before you can exit at a premium multiple.
Customers on Net-60/90 while suppliers want Net-30. Every Friday payroll is a scramble. You’re financing your clients’ operations with your own cash — and the bank balance never grows.
Biggest clients on month-to-month verbal handshakes. One call can drop revenue 20–40% overnight. No written contracts means no transferable value — every buyer discounts this heavily.
You are the business. Every relationship, every decision, every piece of institutional knowledge lives only in your head. Step away for 30 days and revenue slows or stops entirely.
We combine advisory guidance with practical implementation support. Every trench is hands-on operational work designed to make your business worth more to a buyer while putting more cash in your pocket today.
CIM preparation, 10–15 PE/strategic buyer targeting, LOI management, and due diligence representation — until you close with cash in hand at a premium multiple.
A generational transfer of business wealth is underway — creating once-in-a-generation demand for exit-readiness advisory compounding every year through 2035.
| Business Profile | Multiple | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-dependent · Handshake contracts · No SOPs | 2–3× | $1M–$1.5M |
| Institutional-grade · MSAs · GM hired · SOPs complete | 4–6× | $2M–$3M |
At $500K EBITDA. Delta: +$500K–$1.5M from preparation alone.
See If You QualifyWe work with B2B and blue-collar service businesses in the St. Louis metro area, with a focus on owners who want stronger cash flow, better systems, and a more transferable business.
Every competitor is an advisor, coach, or planner. We actually execute: vendor SLAs, 3-year MSA conversions with assignment clauses, GM hiring with phantom equity, and SOP documentation. We don’t write a report and leave.
Brokers charge 8–12% plus $15K–$30K upfront with no pre-sale work. We charge 1.5–3.0% with a $3,500/month retainer and execute everything. On a $2M deal you keep $100K–$180K more.
Every recommendation is filtered through one question: “Does this increase a PE buyer’s confidence and the sale multiple?” We work backward from your exit from day one.
A local firm, not a national franchise. Our relationships with St. Louis CPAs, commercial bankers, and business attorneys create warm pipelines and local accountability no out-of-state advisor can replicate.
| Provider | Retainer | Success Fee | Executes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exit Factor | ~$2K/mo | ✗ None | ✗ |
| CEPA Advisors | $1.5K–$5K/mo | ✗ None | ✗ |
| Fractional CFOs | $3K–$7K/mo | ✗ None | ✗ |
| STL Brokers | $5K–$10K/mo | 8–12% | ✗ |
| Value Builder | Subscription | ✗ None | ✗ |
| Yohan Capital | $3,500/mo | ✓ 1.5–3.0% | ✓ YES |
Yohan Capital was built for one reason: the $1M–$5M business owner in St. Louis is the most underserved client in the entire advisory market. Brokers won’t touch pre-sale work. Fractional CFOs don’t write assignment clauses. Exit planners produce documents, not results.
We fill that gap. From the initial diagnostic audit to the final stages of preparation, Yohan Capital helps St. Louis business owners improve cash flow, increase buyer confidence, and build more transferable businesses through hands-on operational work.
Based in St. Louis. Deep in the local CPA, banker, and business community. Hyper-focused on the blue-collar and B2B operators who built this city and deserve a premium exit.
Everything you need to know about working with Yohan Capital.
Yohan Capital charges a $3,500/month advisory retainer and a success fee based on the final transaction terms, subject to the scope of the engagement.
We work with $1M–$5M revenue B2B and blue-collar service businesses in the St. Louis metro area, including HVAC, commercial cleaning, landscaping, light manufacturing, logistics, and facility services companies whose owners are considering an exit in the next 2–5 years.
Business brokers engage only after a business is already sale-ready and charge 8–12% success fees plus $15K–$30K upfront with no pre-sale operational work. Yohan Capital does all the preparatory work then charges only 1.5–3.0% at close. our structure may leave more value in the owner’s hands than a traditional broker model.
The typical engagement runs 12–18 months covering three trenches: Trench 1 (months 1–4), Trench 2 (months 3–9), and Trench 3 (months 6–15), followed by exit preparation and sale. Most clients see measurable cash flow improvement within the first 90 days.
The Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) measures how long it takes a business to convert its operational investment into cash: DIO + DSO minus DPO. Reducing a $3M business’s CCC from 65 to 38 days frees approximately $222,000 in working capital — without a single new sale.
No. Ideal clients are 2–5 years from their target exit. The earlier preparation starts, the larger the value improvement we can engineer. We start with a free diagnostic audit to assess your current exit readiness score regardless of your timeline.
Structured so we only win big when you do. No billable hours. No vague scopes. Clear deliverables at every stage.
The diagnostic audit is free and takes about 90 minutes. You’ll leave with a clearer view of your current cash flow, business risks, and next-step opportunities.
The diagnostic audit is free and takes 90 minutes. We review your AR/AP aging, map your key dependencies, and give you an honest estimate of your current business value and exit potential. No pressure. No commitment. Just clarity.