Revenue looks okay. The team is busy. But cash is tight, margins are slipping, and the owner is working harder than ever with less to show for it. Something is broken, and the answer is almost never what it looks like on the surface.
Revenue is coming in but cash never seems to be there. The bank account is a constant source of stress regardless of how much you're billing.
You're doing more business than ever but keeping less of it. Costs are creeping up, pricing hasn't kept pace, and profitability is headed the wrong direction.
Everything runs through one person. Vacations don't happen. Decisions stall when the owner is unavailable. The business is entirely dependent on a single point of failure.
The business hit a ceiling and can't seem to break through. Every attempt to grow creates more chaos instead of more revenue. The model that worked at $2M isn't working at $5M.
High turnover, low accountability, unclear roles. The owner is managing everyone and still nothing gets done right. People are busy but the business isn't moving.
The financials are a mess or months behind. Nobody knows the real numbers. Decisions are being made on gut feel because the data isn't there to rely on.
Every struggling business is struggling for its own reasons. We don't come in with a predetermined answer. We come in with honest eyes, ask hard questions, and build the response around what we actually find.
We look at the financials, talk to the team, and figure out what's actually broken, not what looks broken from the outside.
We tell you what we found, directly, without softening it. The problems that don't get named don't get fixed.
Not everything can be fixed at once. We sequence the work based on what stabilizes the business first and builds toward long-term health.
We stay in the business through the work. Not a report handed off to management, actual operational and financial leadership through the turnaround.
Scissortail Fractional is based in Edmond, Oklahoma. We work with businesses across the state — Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Broken Arrow, and everywhere in between. No out-of-state consultants. No handoffs to junior staff.
Our home base. Professional services, family-owned businesses, medical practices, and a fast-growing suburban economy that punches above its weight.
Energy, construction, healthcare, tech, and the full range of businesses that make OKC's economy move. We know this market and the people in it.
Energy, aerospace, manufacturing, and a growing startup ecosystem. Tulsa businesses deserve the same caliber of help as any major metro.
University corridor, research commercialization, and growing businesses along the I-35 corridor. Underserved by real advisors. We're here.
Manufacturing, logistics, and family businesses outgrowing their original structure. One of Oklahoma's fastest-growing markets.
Remote and hybrid engagements available for Oklahoma businesses outside the major metros. Geography shouldn't be the reason you don't get the help you need.
We come into a struggling or stalled business, diagnose what's actually wrong, and lead the changes needed to stabilize and rebuild. This isn't a study or a report, it's hands-on operational and financial leadership focused on getting the business back on track.
Common signs: cash that never improves despite decent revenue, margins eroding year over year, an owner working harder than ever without the business growing, or a nagging sense that something is wrong but nobody can name it clearly. If you're asking the question, you probably already know the answer.
Not usually, but timing matters. The earlier you bring in outside help, the more options you have. Businesses that wait until they're out of cash have fewer levers to pull. If you're reading this, it's probably not too late.
It starts with an honest assessment, no predetermined framework. We look at the financials, talk to the team, and figure out what's actually broken. Then we build a plan and execute it. Most turnaround engagements run 6 to 18 months depending on the depth of the problems.
We're based in Edmond and work with businesses across OKC, Tulsa, Norman, Broken Arrow, and statewide Oklahoma.
No pitch. No deck. Just a straight conversation about what's going on.