Serving Houston and the greater metro
Fractional CFO and CMO — Houston, TX
Senior-level financial and marketing leadership for Houston’s growth-stage companies. Texas-based, on the ground when it matters, and built for the operators actually running the business.
Why Houston Businesses Work With a Texas-Based Firm
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the country and one of the most layered business ecosystems in Texas — a mix of Fortune 500 HQs, global supply chains, mid-market operators, and a dense community of trades, manufacturing, and services businesses that keep the metro running.
We are a Texas firm based in Dallas-Fort Worth. Houston is a short flight or a four-hour drive away, which means when a face-to-face meeting matters, we are there. No coastal surcharge, no remote-only posturing, no timezone math. See how our fractional CFO engagement model works.
Houston companies typically fall into one of two patterns. The first is the established operator — a $2M–$50M trades, manufacturing, CPG, or services business where the founder has outgrown their bookkeeper but cannot justify a $300K full-time CFO. The second is the fast-growth company — SaaS, professional services, consumer brands — where the founder needs real financial infrastructure to navigate a capital raise, acquisition, or exit.
Both need the same thing: a senior finance leader who can install the cash flow forecast, KPI scorecard, and leadership-team cadence that makes the next 18 months obvious. That is what we do.
The Houston Business Landscape
Houston’s trades-and-home-services sector is enormous and growing. HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and roofing companies scale fast in a metro this big, and a $3M–$15M trades business running on spreadsheets eventually hits a ceiling. Installing a 13-week cash flow, a real KPI scorecard, and a pricing discipline breaks the ceiling — fast. See our industry pages for how the playbook runs by trade.
Manufacturing and distribution is another major Houston segment. The operating complexity sits in the numbers — inventory turns, contribution margin by SKU, customer concentration risk, and the cash conversion cycle. These are exactly the areas where a fractional CFO delivers outsized returns in a short engagement.
Consumer packaged goods and e-commerce brands are thriving in Houston — local-to-national CPG, specialty food and beverage, health and wellness. These businesses often have aggressive top-line growth but margin, channel mix, and working-capital problems hiding underneath. Clean unit economics and a defensible growth plan are what make the next investor or acquirer conversation go well.
On the SaaS, technology, and professional-services side, Houston’s growth has been substantial. These are the engagements where a fractional CFO is preparing the company for a capital raise, an acquisition, or an exit — and a fractional CMO is building the revenue engine that makes the valuation defensible. That combined operator-led approach is how we do our best work.
Houston Metro Areas We Serve
Downtown Houston
The Heights
Midtown & Museum District
Galleria / Uptown
The Woodlands
Sugar Land
Katy
Pearland
Spring
Cypress
Clear Lake
Conroe
Services Available to Houston Businesses
Fractional CFO
Cash flow planning, forecasting, and strategic financial leadership.
Fractional CMO
Revenue-focused marketing strategy and brand positioning.
Exit Planning
Sell-side advisory and buyer-ready positioning.
72-Hour Cash Flow
Complete cash flow analysis delivered in 72 hours.
SMB Acquisition
Buy-side advisory and financial due diligence.
Industry Specialists
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, professional services.
Also Serving Across Texas
Ready to Talk?
No pitch, just a conversation about your business and where you want to take it. We will figure out together if there is a fit.
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