Brass and steel machinery in a dimly lit engine room

For owners of established, growing companies

Your company runs on you. Let's build the engine room.

Most business owners are operators who happen to own equity. We help you build a company that runs without you in every room, is worth more, and is ready for whatever comes next.

Built to run. Built to last. Built to sell.

One honest question

If you disappeared for six months, what would happen to your company?

Everything still runs through me.

We grew, but my time and margin did not.

I don't know what my company is really worth.

I want an exit option, not an exit emergency.

Free tools for owners

Start with the truth about your company

Take the score, or pick the guides you want. Every one of them is built on the same engines we use with owners every week.

Start here. 3 minutes.

Business Dependency Score

Twelve questions. An instant score, your top three leaks, and a Valuation Gap Report built from your answers.

Take the score

Sending you 1 guide. Free, no sales call required.

We never sell or share your information.

What we help owners do

Grow it. Lead it. Exit it.

Grow it

Find the engines that drive value and tune them in the right order, so growth adds worth and not just work.

Lead it

Build a leadership team and a scorecard so decisions move without you, and you lead the company instead of carrying it.

Exit it

Know what you have, what it is worth, and what a buyer will ask. Sell, pass it on, or keep it. Your choice, on your timeline.

How it works

From score to roadmap

01

Take the Score

Three minutes. Twelve questions. See how much of the company leans on you.

02

Get Your Report

Your Valuation Gap Report shows what that dependence costs in enterprise value.

03

Value Gap Review

A private 90-minute session: your value gap in dollars, top three leaks, and a 90-day roadmap.

04

Work the Engines

If it fits, a qualified coach in our network walks the roadmap with you, one engine at a time.

Business owner looking over his warehouse floor at dusk

The Value Gap Review

Put a dollar figure on the gap

A private, 90-minute working session for owners of established companies, most around $5M and up. You leave with an Enterprise Value Report, your value gap in dollars, the top three leaks, and a 90-day roadmap. No cost to owners who qualify.

Seats each month are limited to what our coaches can serve well. We ask for verified revenue, a short assessment, and the decision maker in the room.

Free owner briefing

The Value Gap: why your company is worth less than you think

A 40-minute briefing with Randy Schrum and Benjamin Stewart. Watch on your schedule.

  • Why owner-led companies sell at a discount, and how to close it
  • The ten engines that drive enterprise value
  • The three leaks we find in almost every established company
  • What to do in the next 90 days

The Engine Rooms Podcast

Straight talk for owners and operators

Conversations with owners, operators and advisors building established companies. No hype. What actually builds a company that runs, lasts and sells.

The Dependency TrapThe Valuation RealityThe Exit WindowThe Operator's MindsetThe Coach's Edge

First episodes coming soon on YouTube and your podcast app.

Two microphones on a wooden table in a warm podcast studio

Who you will hear from

Two operators. One conviction.

Randy Schrum

Randy Schrum

Operator for more than 25 years. Leading masterminds since 2010 and working with owners from $5M to $250M across more than 30 countries. Married to Michele for 29 years, father of nine.

“I don't build for the quarter. I build for the generation.”

Benjamin Stewart

Benjamin Stewart

Army veteran, pastor of more than 20 years, business coach, and architect of Value Engines, the platform behind every score, report and roadmap on this site.

“A man's greatest legacy starts in his home.”

Men talking around a wooden table

Called to coach?

You have led people for years. Make it count in this season.

We are raising up coaches who serve owners with a proven system, real tools and a brotherhood behind them.

Three minutes. One honest number.

The Business Dependency Score is free and instant.

Take the Score