Operations, financing & M&A partnership

Business growth, built around real operating constraints.

Cambridge Business Consulting, led by Katya Antonova, partnered with Real Consulting to support owners, investors, and leadership teams who need more than technology implementation. Cambridge Business Consulting can be engaged independently for operating, financing, M&A, and integration advisory, or together with Real Consulting when technical implementation, Salesforce, AI, or platform architecture support is needed.

10+Years building, managing, and scaling owner-led businesses
Multi-siteHands-on leadership across complex service-based operations
Up to $30MFinancing and growth-capital workstreams supported through advanced stages
Buy & sell sideM&A perspective across acquisition, sale-preparation, diligence, and integration

Technology only works when the business around it is ready.

Cambridge Business Consulting brings hands-on operating leadership across financing readiness, M&A workstreams, service-line launches, post-acquisition integration, team scaling, regulated operations, and business process design. Real Consulting brings senior architecture, Salesforce, AI, and platform-agnostic delivery when technical implementation is part of the engagement. Clients can work with Cambridge Business Consulting independently, with Real Consulting independently, or with both teams together when strategy, operations, platform, and execution need to move in sync.

Owner-led businesses Acquisition-ready operations Post-close integration Financing support Right-sized implementation

Operating advisory that can stand alone — or complement Salesforce, AI, and platform delivery.

Flexible engagements for businesses that are growing, preparing for a transaction, integrating an acquisition, or replacing manual work with practical processes and systems support matched to the size and maturity of the team.

Growth & scale

Operational infrastructure for growing businesses

Build the operating backbone behind growth: workflows, reporting, people processes, vendor management, accountability structures, and cross-functional rhythm.

  • Operating model design
  • Workflow and SOP development
  • Leadership cadence and KPI reporting
  • Multi-site or multi-team scaling support
Capital & transaction readiness

Financing, M&A, and sale preparation

Prepare the business for lender, buyer, investor, or partner diligence by organizing the story, the numbers, the operations, and the systems behind them — with perspective from both the buyer and seller side of the table.

  • Multi-million-dollar financing preparation and lender support
  • Acquisition, sale-preparation, and JV workstream support
  • Pre-sale operational readiness
  • Diligence materials and management reporting
After the deal

Post-acquisition and post-sale integration

Turn the deal thesis into operational reality with hands-on integration planning, staff transition support, workflow consolidation, and system alignment.

  • First 30/60/90-day integration plans
  • Process and policy alignment
  • Team onboarding and change management
  • Reporting and operational control setup
Tech that fits

Small-business systems and workflow advisory

Help owners translate day-to-day operating pain into clear workflow, reporting, intake, and automation requirements that Real Consulting can turn into the right technical solution.

  • Workflow and process mapping
  • Billing, scheduling, intake, and finance process requirements
  • AI receptionist, intake, or admin automation use-case definition
  • Optional implementation coordination with Real Consulting's technical team
New revenue

New service-line launch support

Design, launch, and operationalize new service lines with a practical plan for staffing, systems, compliance, marketing, reporting, and day-to-day ownership.

  • Launch planning and operating workflows
  • Staffing, training, and accountability model
  • Go-to-market and intake process design
  • Performance dashboard and iteration plan
Fractional operator

Fractional COO / operating partner support

Senior operator support for owners, investors, and consulting teams that need someone who can diagnose, prioritize, coordinate, and execute.

  • Executive operating partner role
  • Owner/investor reporting and action plans
  • Cross-functional project leadership
  • Hands-on execution with internal teams

Owners and teams at an inflection point.

This partnership is a fit when the business has outgrown informal systems, is preparing for a major transaction, or needs platform changes tied to real operating outcomes.

  • Small businesses preparing for financing, acquisition, partnership, or sale
  • Investors and PE-backed platforms that need post-close operating help
  • Founder-led companies launching new service lines or expanding locations
  • Consulting teams that need operational reality-checks before technology delivery
  • Service-based, regulated, professional, healthcare, and owner-led businesses where operations and systems need to mature together

Advisory and implementation can be separate — or connected.

Cambridge Business Consulting can support operating design, financial readiness, transaction context, and staff adoption as a standalone advisory partner. When the work requires Salesforce, AI, platform architecture, or technical implementation, Real Consulting can join the engagement to turn operating requirements into working systems.

Pre-implementation discovery Operating model design M&A integration Financing story Workflow adoption Small-business practicality

Flexible engagement models.

Start with a focused Cambridge Business Consulting assessment, a project-based advisory engagement, or a combined delivery model with Real Consulting where operations, financing, transaction readiness, and technical systems need to move together.

Assessment

Rapid review of operations, systems, reporting, team structure, and transaction or growth readiness. Clear findings, priorities, and action plan.

Project-based execution

Scoped delivery for a specific initiative: financing prep, post-acquisition integration, new service-line launch, workflow redesign, or tech-stack rollout.

Fractional advisory

Ongoing senior operating partner support for owners, investors, or leadership teams that need a practical operator at the table.

Partner profile

Cambridge Business Consulting

Led by Katya Antonova, Cambridge Business Consulting provides practical operating advisory for businesses preparing for growth, financing, M&A, integration, and system-enabled execution.

Operator-led advisory for real-world business constraints.

Katya brings hands-on operator experience from founding her own online business, managing service-based teams, and helping scale complex organizations from early-stage operations into multi-location platforms. Her work has included operating infrastructure, revenue-cycle and administrative workflows, multi-million-dollar financing readiness, lender and investor-facing preparation, buyer- and seller-side M&A support, service-line launches, compliance-heavy operations, and post-transaction integration workstreams.

That background translates beyond healthcare: founder-led and small-business teams often face the same constraints — limited resources, messy systems, uneven reporting, manual workflows, and decisions that need to work in the real business, not only on a slide deck.

Buyer & seller-side M&A Multi-million financing Revenue operations Workflow implementation Post-close integration Regulated operations

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