Exit readiness is not a transaction. It’s a discipline.
Corvata is an independent advisory firm built to help federal government contractors operate with clarity, discipline, and long-term intent—regardless of whether a near-term exit is planned.
The firm exists to address a gap that most professional services models don’t fill: helping owners and leadership teams think at the enterprise level, identify hidden risk, and make better decisions before value is tested by an external party.
Why Corvata Exists
Most businesses don’t fail. They drift.
They grow organically, layer decisions over time, rely heavily on a few individuals, and react to compliance, operational, and financial complexity as it arises. From the inside, things appear to be working. From the outside, risk is accumulating quietly.
Corvata exists to bring an external, objective lens to that reality—before it becomes expensive, stressful, or irreversible.
Our Operating Belief
Corvata exists to help leaders see their businesses clearly, make better decisions, and build enterprises that endure.
We lead with assessment, operate independently, and focus on judgment—not execution. Exit readiness is not a transaction. It is a discipline.
Exit Readiness as the Operating Philosophy
Exit readiness is the organizing principle behind everything Corvata does.
It is the discipline of building a business that can withstand scrutiny from buyers, lenders, regulators, auditors, and successors without operational disruption or erosion of value.
Exit readiness focuses on:
- decision-making discipline
- clarity of ownership and authority
- durability of financial and operational systems
- transferability beyond any single individual
It is relevant whether an exit happens in one year, ten years, or never.
The Problem with Traditional Advisory
Most advisory models focus on execution inside functional silos:
- accounting and tax
- legal structuring
- compliance remediation
- systems implementation
These services are necessary, but they rarely answer the bigger questions:
- Where is risk actually concentrated?
- Which issues matter most to enterprise value?
- What order should problems be addressed in?
- How do today’s decisions affect future optionality?
Corvata operates above execution to ensure the right work gets done in the right sequence for the right reasons.
How Corvata Thinks About the Business
Corvata evaluates organizations the way external stakeholders do.
That means looking across the entire enterprise—finance, compliance, operations, governance, people, and systems—and understanding how they interact, not just whether individual tasks are completed.
The goal is not perfection. The goal is coherence, defensibility, and resilience.
Assessment Before Advice
Advice without context creates noise. Action without prioritization creates risk.
Every Corvata engagement begins with a structured enterprise readiness assessment. This establishes a shared baseline, surfaces blind spots, and creates a common language for decision-making.
Only after that clarity exists does advisory work begin.
Independence Matters
Corvata is intentionally independent.
We do not sell software. I do not provide outsourced execution. I do not earn referral fees. I am not incentivized to recommend complexity.
That independence allows Corvata to:
- challenge assumptions
- ask uncomfortable questions
- prioritize judgment over activity
- focus on enterprise outcomes, not billable tasks
Who Corvata Is For
Corvata partners with owners and leadership teams who:
- operate in regulated, high-complexity environments
- already have internal staff and external providers
- want a clearer view of risk, readiness, and value
- understand that good judgment compounds over time
Corvata is not designed for early-stage startups or organizations looking for execution-only support.
The Corvata Promise
Corvata will:
- tell you what matters—even when it’s uncomfortable
- help you see your business the way an outsider would
- bring structure to ambiguity
- reinforce disciplined decision-making
Corvata will not:
- do the work for you
- sell you unnecessary services
- trade rigor for reassurance
Exit readiness is not something you “get done.” It’s something you practice.
Corvata exists to help you practice it well.
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