How Northbridge is organized
Northbridge is a boutique consulting firm serving owner-operators, founders, private equity sponsors, and family offices on the decisions that shape a business — starting it, growing it, structuring it, transacting on it, and exiting it.
Our practice is organized around direct-fee consulting — services where the client pays us directly (hourly or retainer) rather than through a commission split with a brokerage. This structural choice keeps our incentives aligned with your outcome, not with getting a transaction across the line. When your situation genuinely requires a real estate brokerage engagement (commercial listings in Texas), we route to Bulldog Broker CRE. When it requires construction execution, we route to 2FG Construction. Everything else — the consulting layer — lives here.
The 11 services below break into three practice areas, all on the same terms: $150/hour, itemized time log, transparent scope.
M&A & Transactions
Buy-side and sell-side representation for middle-market transactions ($1M-$25M enterprise value), plus supporting valuation and brokerage services.
- Acquisitions Advisory (Buy-Side) — investment thesis, target sourcing, diligence, LOI negotiation, close and integration for acquirers
- Sell-Side Advisory — pre-sale readiness, positioning, CIM preparation, buyer outreach, negotiation through close for owners exiting
- Business Valuation — defensible enterprise value analysis using comps, DCF, and asset-based methods
- Business Brokerage — full-service sale representation for Main Street businesses ($500K-$5M enterprise value)
Business Formation & Governance
The structural work that determines how much protection, tax efficiency, and dispute-resilience the business will have for the next decade.
- Business Formation & Entity Structuring — LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, partnership. Strategic entity selection and multi-entity holding structures. Nationwide.
- Operating Agreements & Governance — LLC operating agreements, partnership agreements, corporate bylaws. Buy-sell provisions that hold up when partners disagree. Nationwide.
Specialty Advisory
Focused services where specific credentials, local relationships, or hard-to-find expertise create real advantage for our clients.
- Liquor License Brokerage & Consulting — NJ Broker Associate handling the buying, selling, valuing, and transferring of liquor licenses. New Jersey primary; Texas secondary.
- Fractional Business Development — part-time embedded BD leadership for growth-stage owner-operator businesses. Nationwide.
- Construction Project Consulting — owner's representative work, GC selection, project oversight. Houston primary; execution via 2FG Construction.
- Permit Expediting — municipal permits, business licensing, zoning approvals. Central/Northern New Jersey and Houston metro.
Engagement terms
Advisory work bills at $150/hour against a $1,500 booking retainer, with every hour itemized so you can see how it was spent. That covers most smaller engagements — up to roughly 25 hours.
Larger or more complex engagements are quoted case by case, scoped with you on the call before any work begins.
The two exceptions: Business Brokerage and NJ Liquor License Brokerage, where a listing is normally a commission at closing rather than hourly. We will walk through both structures on the scoping call.
No commissions on consulting work. No conflicts. No success fees when hourly billing is the right structure.