The professional network

No one person knows everything

That isn’t a weakness in the model. It’s the model.

A network of independent professionals across eleven disciplines, brought in when your situation actually needs one. You engage them directly, on their terms, and they stay responsible for their own advice.

One advisor was never going to catch the opening costs, the contract terms, the loan structure and the day-to-day operations all at once, because those are four different jobs done by four different kinds of professional.

A firm that tells you otherwise is selling you the same story that causes the problem in the first place. So we don’t pretend to be the lawyer, the accountant, the lender, the engineer or the tax professional. We keep a network of independent professionals and bring one in when your situation actually calls for it.

What we are good at is working out what a job really needs and then keeping the order straight, which is a different skill from any of the eleven below and is the one most owners are missing when they call.

Coverage

Eleven disciplines

Independent · engaged by you
Legal
Entity structure, contracts, disputes, and anything that has to be signed or defended. Attorneys practice law. RCAG does not.
Accounting
The books, the close, and the financial statements everything else gets measured against.
Tax
Filing position and entity treatment, and the questions that are much cheaper to ask before a decision than after it.
Finance & Capital
Debt and equity, what the terms actually require of you, and who lends into a situation like yours.
Compliance
What the rules require of you operationally, day to day, and what changes for you when the rules change.
Insurance
What you are actually covered for, and the gaps that only become visible at claim time.
Real Estate
Site and lease, and the terms buried in a lease that outlast the decision that signed it.
Architecture & Engineering
Build-out, drawings, and the physical work that has to pass an inspection before you can open.
Technology
Systems, point of sale, data, and the infrastructure that has to be in place before volume arrives rather than after.
HR & Payroll
Hiring, paying people correctly, and the employment obligations that arrive with a staff.
Marketing
Demand, positioning, and getting the business in front of the people it was built for.
How an introduction works

What actually happens when you need one

We work out what it needs
This is the Organize stage of the same method we run on every engagement: knowledge, experience, systems, people, relationships, money, and outside expertise. Most of the time the list is longer than the owner expected and shorter than they feared.
We say which part isn’t ours
Plainly, and early. If the next move belongs to an attorney, an accountant, a lender or an engineer, we say so rather than stretching our own scope to cover it, and we say it before you are paying us to do something we shouldn’t be doing.
We bring in someone who does that work
Someone from the network whose discipline matches the problem, not whoever we spoke to most recently.
You engage them directly
On their terms, under their own agreement, and they remain solely responsible for their own advice. RCAG is not a party to that relationship and does not supervise regulated professional work.
We keep the order straight
Which is the part owners tell us they actually wanted. You are not the one chasing four firms who don’t talk to each other, and nobody is waiting on a decision that somebody else was supposed to make first.

One thing here is worth saying out loud rather than leaving you to assume it. We choose professionals because we know they can help solve your problem, the same way they help us solve ours. There is no membership fee to join the network. Referral, affiliate, origination or other compensation arrangements may exist depending on the professional category and the engagement, but compensation does not buy access to RCAG clients and does not determine who we recommend.

For professionals

If you’re thinking about joining

Two stages · no fee
You stay independent
Your firm stays your firm, your clients stay your clients, and your advice stays yours. Clients engage you directly and under your own agreement. We are not reselling your work and we are not standing between you and the person you are advising.
Every application is reviewed
RCAG reviews every application. It isn’t a directory and it isn’t a listing you buy your way onto, because the whole point is that somebody has actually established you can do the work before a client is sent to you.
The standard is whether you can solve the problem
Where your discipline is regulated, you hold the license or credential that discipline requires. Beyond that the question is the plain one: when a client is in front of you with this problem, can you fix it, and would we be comfortable having sent you.
It happens in two stages
A short application first, which takes a few minutes. If RCAG sees a potential fit, the full Professional Application and Vetting Form follows, and that one is long on purpose. There is no membership fee at either stage. Start the short application here.
The eleven disciplines above, and operators. Most of the gaps we run into on live engagements are legal, accounting, tax, finance and compliance, which is where the work concentrates.
No. There is no membership fee to join the RCAG Professional Network, at either stage of the application. Referral, affiliate, origination or other compensation arrangements may exist depending on the professional category and the engagement, and none of them buy access to RCAG clients or determine who we recommend.
No. You keep your own practice and your own referral relationships. The point of the network is that a client gets the right professional, not that anyone owes anyone volume.
RCAG reviews it. If there looks to be a fit, we send you the full Professional Application and Vetting Form, and that is where the real qualification happens. If there isn’t a fit right now we will say so rather than leave you waiting. If you want to follow up, reach out directly.
You engage the professional directly and pay them on their terms, so what they charge is between you and them. What RCAG charges you is set out in your own written proposal before any work begins.

Good at what you do?

It starts with a short application. If there looks to be a fit, the full vetting form follows. No fee at either stage.

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Roland Conner Advisory Group LLC provides business advisory and consulting services. RCAG does not provide legal, tax, accounting, or investment advice. Submitting information through this website does not create a consulting or advisory relationship.