Built to Exit. Ready for Anything.

We help business owners increase value, reduce risk, and prepare for a successful transition — whether they plan to exit in the next few years or simply want to be ready.

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What We Do

We Help You Maximize Value and Exit With Confidence

Agora equips business owners with the tools, insights, and ongoing support to improve company value and transition readiness over time.

Our proprietary Readiness Quotient™ (RQ) Score gives you a baseline of where your business stands today.

Then our guided program, Agora’s Readiness Roadmap™, helps you take action — one phase at a time — until you’re in control, buyer-ready, and positioned for maximum outcome.

  • Get a clear, objective score that benchmarks your business’s value, readiness, and buyer appeal.

  • A structured journey designed to assess your business, elevate its value, and position you for your ideal exit.

Why Agora?

Meet Our Core Team

Business Leaders Who’ve Sat in Your Seat. We bring Wall Street Rigor, but with Main Street values.

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Garry Krum

Founder & Chairman

Garry has over 40 years of M&A experience helping hundreds of owners achieve transition success. Garry’s wisdom is present in every engagement, and he can often be found as a guest speaker on the topic exit readiness.

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Aaron Stevens

President & Sr. Strategic Advisor

25+ years in sales, leadership, and growth strategy in organizations large and small. Aaron approaches each engagement with a client-first perspective, and takes great pride in helping owners get ‘unstuck’ and find clarity in what their next moves should be.

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Jessica Archer

Lead Facilitator & Sr. Strategic Advisor

Seasoned executive with experience helping business ranging from start-up to Fortune 50 giants. Jessica is a facilitator-extraordinaire, skilled in helping business leaders clarify what they want, what they have, and how to achieve ultimate success.

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Wally Beecroft

Sr. Strategic Advisor

Wally brings 35+ years of executive leadership, M&A integration, and board governance experience. He’s led companies through transformative growth and highly successful exits, and now advises Agora clients with strategic insight, operational rigor, and people-centered leadership across the Midwest and beyond.

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A Better Path To Transition Readiness

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