Make the decision you won’t regret after the money is spent.

Capital, site, and acquisition choices get expensive fast—and they’re hard to unwind. I help teams surface the assumptions and second-order effects that quietly cost millions before they’re locked in. When projects disappoint, the board doesn’t ask what happened, they ask why no one saw it coming.

$300M+ capital projects $1.5B integrations 12+ industrial sectors

Get to the real decision (what must be decided now vs later)
Stress-test the downside (capex exposure, constraints, competitor response)
Execute the plan with confidence (build/buy/partner, timing, priorities)

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This work is for

PE-backed companies evaluating growth or acquisition paths
Industrial firms facing large capital or site decisions
Technology companies moving from proof to scale

Not for branding exercises, generic decks, or theoretical strategy.

Most strategy failures don’t look like failures at first

They look like decisions that seem rational in isolation, but compound into expensive outcomes once capital is committed.

Capital deployed a year too early — or two years too late
Acquisitions that made sense on paper but don’t deliver expected results
Technologies that work in trials, but never scale commercially
Markets entered without regulatory or supply-chain reality baked in

You need strategy that leads to success on your timeline

Step 1

Cut through the things that hide the real decision

What must be decided now vs. later
Which assumptions actually matter

Step 2

Stress-test the downside

Capital exposure
Regulatory and supply-chain constraints
Competitive responses

Step 3

Clear plan of action

Capital timing
Build / buy / partner logic
Execution priorities investors can support

Examples of decisions supported

Capital projects totaling $300M+
Global integrations across $1.5B business units
Market entry decisions across 12+ industrial sectors
IP-driven growth strategies resulting in 12 issued patents

Near-Term

Decision Support

Short, high-stakes strategic questions
Typically weeks, not months

Mid-Term

Transaction Readiness

Front-end diligence and risk framing
Expedite good deals, not justify ones already decided

Long-Term

Fractional Strategy

Ongoing guidance during growth or transition
Structured, scoped, and decision-driven

If you’re facing a decision where the downside matters as much as the upside, we should talk.

Charlotte, NC / Eatonton, GA • info@lakesideconsult.ing

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