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Executive-level fractional CFO and COO leadership for the next stage of your growth.
Gain cash flow visibility, meaningful financial reporting, and an experienced operator in your corner, without the cost of a full-time hire. We help business owners make confident decisions about pricing, hiring, expansion, and capital allocation.
Cumulative Value Delivered to Clients
Turnpoint Strategies is a fractional CFO and COO practice serving $1M–$10M business owners who need senior-level financial and operational leadership without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. We help owners streamline operations, strengthen financial performance, and scale with confidence.
The practice draws on 20+ years of executive experience across VP of Finance, CFO, and COO roles in healthcare, franchising, manufacturing, and multi-location service businesses — combined with first-hand experience owning and operating a multi-unit business.
Turnpoint Strategies was founded by Brad Collier to give business leaders the clarity, tools, and strategies they need to make confident decisions about pricing, hiring, expansion, and capital — and to achieve long-term success.
20+ Years of Proven Experience.
Practical solutions backed by experience.
Dedicated to delivering measurable business results.
Explore your goals, challenges, and business needs in a focused session. Gain clarity and practical steps you can implement immediately.
Assess your business strengths, gaps, and opportunities in detail. Receive clear insights and practical strategies to drive measurable growth.
Build a solid foundation for sustainable growth and success. Get structured systems, clear strategies, and tools to manage your business effectively.
Streamline your operations for efficiency and profitability. Improve systems, eliminate bottlenecks, and implement strategies that drive measurable results.
Achieve long-term business success with advanced strategies. Master leadership, scalability, and sustainable growth through expert-driven guidance.
Gain executive-level financial and operational leadership. Drive profitability, improve decision-making, and manage growth with expert oversight.
At Turnpoint Strategies, every engagement is built on first-hand operator experience and built around how your business actually runs. Here’s how we work:
We don't hand off a deck and disappear. We work inside your business, reviewing the numbers weekly, joining leadership meetings, and accountable to your outcomes.
Every framework we use was forged running real businesses. We've owned the P&L, signed the checks, and made the hard calls ourselves, and we bring that perspective to every engagement.
You get CFO and COO-level thinking sized to a $1M–$10M business, not enterprise-grade complexity bolted onto a smaller operation.
Years of hands-on experience in finance, operations, and growth strategy.
One-time virtual strategy call with our expert team
Two-week in-depth assessment with structured business review
Monthly consulting with two guided strategy sessions included
Monthly consulting with three expert-led sessions every month
Weekly consulting with four structured business growth sessions
Executive support with two dedicated sessions every single week
At Turnpoint Strategies, we work alongside business owners to tighten operations, fix what’s draining profit, and grow with a clear view of the numbers. The result is the clarity and structure to make confident decisions about where the business is headed.
Manage cash flow effectively and boost profitability with data-driven strategies designed to strengthen your financial foundation.
Streamline workflows, remove inefficiencies, and build scalable systems that improve productivity and operational clarity.
Create a clear expansion roadmap, unlock new opportunities, and build sustainable revenue models that drive lasting success.
At Turnpoint Strategies, we partner with business leaders to overcome challenges, streamline operations, and accelerate growth. Our solutions are designed to bring clarity, structure, and measurable results — helping you make smarter decisions with confidence.
Manage cash flow effectively and boost profitability with data-driven strategies designed to strengthen your financial foundation.
Streamline workflows, remove inefficiencies, and build scalable systems that improve productivity and operational clarity.
Create a clear expansion roadmap, unlock new opportunities, and build sustainable revenue models that drive lasting success.
At Turnpoint Strategies, our process is designed to bring clarity, structure, and measurable outcomes. We follow a simple, step-by-step approach to help you achieve lasting success.
Discovery & Assessment
We start by understanding your goals, challenges, and business priorities through a detailed consultation.
Deep-Dive Analysis
Our team reviews your operations, finances, and systems to identify gaps, strengths, and growth opportunities.
Strategy & Planning
We create a clear, data-driven roadmap with practical steps to improve performance and profitability.
Implementation & Support
We guide you through execution while providing continuous support, insights, and accountability.
A free 30-minute call to talk through where your business is and what would help most. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll tell you.
Janelle was overwhelmed by declining revenue and messy workflows. With Turnpoint Strategies, she implemented better systems and grew her business sustainably.
Daniel struggled to manage multiple branches effectively. Brad helped him restructure operations, optimize costs, and build a roadmap for successful expansion.
David’s small business faced constant cash shortages. Using Turnpoint’s financial strategies, he improved forecasting, controlled expenses, and boosted profits.
Gary lacked direction and clear KPIs. With Brad’s strategic coaching, he streamlined processes, tracked performance, and confidently scaled operations.
Nick’s business had hit a plateau for years. With Turnpoint’s optimization plan, he streamlined operations and unlocked scalable, sustainable growth.
Corrine’s team lacked direction and accountability. Brad introduced structured planning, performance metrics, and better systems, leading to consistent business expansion.
We work with owner-operated businesses in the $1M to $10M range that need more financial and operational support than they have in-house but aren’t ready for a full-time CFO. We’ve worked with businesses across healthcare, beauty and wellness, manufacturing, and other service industries, from franchises and multi-unit operators to single-location owners who just want a clearer view of the numbers.
You get the same senior-level financial and operational judgment without the six-figure salary, benefits, and equity of a full-time hire, and only as much of it as your business actually needs. For a $1M to $10M business, that usually means the right amount of CFO support for your stage, without taking on a full-time role.
By finding where money is being lost and fixing the systems behind it. That usually means tightening unit economics, cleaning up reporting so you can see what is actually driving margin, building a cash flow forecast you can act on, and cutting spending that isn’t producing a return. Past engagements have identified hundreds of thousands of dollars in annual savings and freed up significant cash by improving how receivables and expenses are managed.
It depends on scope and how you work with us. One-time projects are fixed-scope, so you know what you’re getting before we start. Ongoing fractional CFO and COO support is a monthly retainer that scales with how involved you need us to be, and ongoing bookkeeping is a flat monthly fee based on your transaction volume. The simplest way to get a real number is a free 30-minute call, where we talk through what you need and what makes sense.
It starts with a free 30-minute call. We talk through where your business is and what you’re trying to solve, then land on the right fit, whether that’s a one-time project or ongoing fractional CFO and COO support. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll tell you.
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