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    "name": "Cole Advisors",
    "legalName": "Cole Advisors, LLC",
    "type": "Turnaround and management consulting firm",
    "description": "Cole Advisors is a turnaround and management consulting firm focused on solving the difficult challenges faced by small and medium-sized companies. It serves as a fractional business partner, functioning as a one-year partner to the ownership team, to stabilize underperforming companies, resolve liquidity crises, and drive sustainable profitability.",
    "website": "https://coleadvisors.com/",
    "tagline": "Strategy. Solutions. Results.",
    "areaServed": "United States",
    "location": {
      "streetAddress": "712 N. Second St., Suite 301",
      "city": "St. Louis",
      "state": "MO",
      "postalCode": "63102",
      "country": "US",
      "neighborhood": "Laclede's Landing, downtown St. Louis"
    },
    "contact": {
      "phone": "+1-314-436-6250",
      "email": "mattison@coleadvisors.com",
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  },
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    {
      "name": "Business turnaround consulting",
      "url": "https://coleadvisors.com/turnaround-consulting.html",
      "summary": "Cash flow shortfalls, liquidity crises, operational restructuring, and a turnaround plan executed alongside the client's team."
    },
    {
      "name": "Special Assets & lender negotiations",
      "url": "https://coleadvisors.com/special-assets-lender-negotiations.html",
      "summary": "Help for owners whose loan has moved to a bank's Special Assets Group (SAG), who face forbearance deadlines, or who are violating loan covenants: lender and investor negotiations, relationship management, and debt and balance sheet restructuring."
    },
    {
      "name": "Independent business reviews",
      "url": "https://coleadvisors.com/independent-business-reviews.html",
      "summary": "For bankers, attorneys, and investors: SAG support, independent business reviews, maximizing collateral value, and help selecting the right partner for formal resolution or exit."
    },
    {
      "name": "Profitability & growth consulting",
      "url": "https://coleadvisors.com/profitability-growth-consulting.html",
      "summary": "Financial reporting, analysis and modeling, cash flow management, revenue growth, business process planning, and exit, succession, and ownership transition planning."
    }
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    "Business Process Planning",
    "Capital",
    "Cash Flow Management",
    "Change Management",
    "CRM System Implementation and Management",
    "Financial Analysis",
    "Financial Modeling",
    "Financial Reporting",
    "Increasing Employee Engagement",
    "Key Customer and Vendor Negotiations",
    "Lender/Investor Negotiations",
    "Lender/Investor Relationship Management",
    "Marketing Strategy and Implementation",
    "Maximize Sales Team Performance",
    "Mergers and Acquisitions",
    "Ownership Transition",
    "Retaining and Recruiting Top Talent",
    "Revenue Growth",
    "Staffing Review and Analysis",
    "Technology and Automation Planning"
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  "commonReasonsClientsCall": [
    "Banking or investor relationships have deteriorated",
    "Balance sheet is challenged",
    "Cash is painfully tight",
    "Profit is elusive",
    "Revenue lags expectations",
    "Leadership gaps require an interim solution",
    "Financial results are trending down",
    "Critical projects need extra horsepower",
    "Key customers are lost or reduce orders"
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  "industries": [
    "Business and Consumer Services",
    "Financial Services",
    "Healthcare",
    "Hospitality",
    "Manufacturing",
    "Not-for-Profit",
    "Real Estate",
    "Retail",
    "Technology and Communications"
  ],
  "approach": {
    "steps": [
      "Listen",
      "Learn",
      "Advise",
      "Execute"
    ],
    "engagementModel": "Fractional business partner; functions as a one-year partner to the ownership team and works with the client's staff to execute the plan."
  },
  "policies": {
    "discretion": "Client names and logos are not published.",
    "legal": "Not a law firm; FAQ answers are general information, not legal advice."
  },
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