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Where Legacy Meets Opportunity for Small Business Owners

Main Street Businesses

BEAM Collaborative helps preserve local businesses, create generational wealth, and keep Main Street in local hands. Through mergers, acquisitions, and succession planning, we support both retiring owners and new buyers in transitioning businesses that anchor our communities.

 

 

Our Framework for Excellence helps small business owners scale with confidence—offering strategic coaching, operational support, and a roadmap for long-term success. Whether you're preparing to sell or planning for growth, we meet you where you are.

 

 

BEAM IQ, our AI-powered planning tool, equips entrepreneurs with the insights they need to make smarter decisions faster—turning everyday challenges into clear, actionable strategies.

 

 

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Reviews

"I'm in many meetings, and our discussion with BEAM really encouraged Dollar to move forward with an ideation session. What they do is really solution oriented. I was truly impressed with their approach to diverse business engagement."

Jim McQuade, President of Dollar Bank

"BEAM has been a partner in helping us with our global ESG goals by moving us think outside the traditional procurement box. BEAM helps me to think differently about the way we do business.”

Amy Baudino, Vice President of Portfolio Management at Thermo Fisher Scientific

“BEAM has helped me design my sales strategy and increased my profits by 50% percent over a one-year period”

Taylor Ford, Owner of Taylor Made IT Services

"...What stood out for me is that BEAM Collaborative, unlike a lot of other entities out there, is itself a very mission-driven enterprise with important sources of earned income."

Xavier de Souza Briggs, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution

“BEAM was able to guide me through the expansion and attraction process by making introductions to key regional business allies”

Paul Douglas, President JPI Group

“With BEAM in the conversation, we were able to negotiate a longer term contract which assures our growth and ability to hire employees”

Blayre Britton, President CDI Printing

"One thing that I really like about the structure of our engagement with BEAM is we're not trying to solve all the world's problems at once."

Will Pickering, CEO of Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority