Strategic advisory for Oklahoma businesses in the $1M to $20M range and family companies across Oklahoma. Not a consultant who leaves after the report. An operator who stays until it works.
Most Oklahoma businesses between $1M and $20M are making major decisions without a trusted outside perspective. They have accountants keeping the books and lawyers handling contracts. What they do not have is a seasoned operator who has been inside enough businesses to recognize patterns and tell them the truth about what needs to change.
Annual and multi-year planning that connects your goals to specific operational and financial targets you can actually track.
Understanding what the numbers mean and what to do about them, not just what happened last quarter.
A clear-eyed look at how the business actually runs, where it leaks time and money, and what needs to be fixed first.
Finding the real constraint on growth and removing it before it costs another year of revenue.
Building the business a buyer wants to own or a family can carry forward, and starting early enough to do it right.
A trusted operator available for decisions throughout the year, not just a quarterly check-in.
You built it. Now it has outgrown your ability to run it alone. You need a trusted operator in your corner, not a consultant who leaves after the report.
Passing the business to the next generation. Planning an exit. Navigating a partner change. These moments require more than lawyers and accountants.
Revenue has flattened. Margins are compressing. Something is broken and you are not sure what. An advisor who has seen this pattern before can find it fast.
You have hit $1M to $5M and things that used to work have stopped working. The systems, team, and processes that got you here will not get you to the next level.
Exit readiness starts 2 to 3 years before the transaction. The business that exits on your terms is one you started preparing for well in advance.
New revenue streams, new markets, new cost structures. The financial and operational picture is more complicated than it used to be and needs senior eyes on it.
A business advisor is a trusted outside perspective for a business owner. They help you think through strategy, diagnose problems, make better decisions, and stay accountable to your goals. The best ones have run businesses themselves and speak to both the operational and financial side.
A consultant typically comes in, analyzes a problem, writes a report, and leaves. A business advisor is engaged on an ongoing basis and is accountable for helping you act on the advice. The relationship is closer to a trusted partner than a hired expert.
Generally companies between $1M and $20M in annual revenue. Past the startup phase, not yet large enough for a deep bench of senior executives. The common thread is a founder or family making major decisions without a seasoned operator in their corner.
Yes. Scissortail Fractional works with businesses across Oklahoma including Tulsa, Norman, Broken Arrow, and statewide. Most advisory work does not require daily physical presence.
A free 30-minute conversation answers that. You tell me about your business and where you are stuck. I will tell you honestly whether this is a fit and what working together would look like.
No pitch. No deck. Just an honest conversation about where your business is and whether we are the right fit to help.
Senior financial leadership for businesses that need more than a bookkeeper and are not ready for a full-time CFO.
Operational leadership for founders who are still running everything and need to stop.
For Oklahoma founders past product-market fit who need the infrastructure to scale.
Succession planning, ownership transitions, and strategic advisory for family-owned companies.
When something is wrong and you need someone who has been inside enough broken businesses to find it fast.
Long-range strategic thinking grounded in the operational and financial realities of your business.