# Legacy Forward Consulting

> Legacy Forward Consulting is a buyer-side acquisition operations firm. We help acquisition entrepreneurs, search fund operators, independent sponsors, family offices, holding companies, PE-backed operators, and new owners understand, transition, and modernize acquired businesses.

## One-sentence description

The Legacy Forward Field Manuals are the operating system for M&A; products support each phase of the lifecycle, from target intelligence and operational diligence through change of command, first-90-day execution, operating cadence, and governed AI enablement.

## What acquisition operations means

Acquisition operations is the buyer-side work of understanding how a business actually runs, preserving control during ownership transfer, and building the systems, governance, and operating cadence required after close.

## Lifecycle

- **Find — FM 1-0 / Target Intelligence:** Verified Target Shortlist.
- **Screen — FM 2-0 / Deal Intelligence:** Deal Triage Brief.
- **Investigate — FM 2-0 / Deal Intelligence:** Acquisition Readiness Package.
- **Transfer Command — FM 3-0 / Change of Command:** Founder Debrief.
- **Execute — FM 3-0 / Change of Command:** 90-Day Value-Creation Blueprint.
- **Sustain — FM 4-0 / Operating System & Execution:** Operating Cadence Retainer.
- **Automate — FM 5-0 / AI Enablement:** AI Enablement Sprint.

## Services by acquisition stage

### Before close

Operational Readiness Snapshot, Operational Diligence Sprint, and Acquisition Criteria Mapping.

### During handoff

Day-One Control Plan, Operator Debrief, and Transition Risk Review.

### After close

90-Day Modernization Blueprint, Post-Close Modernization Baseline, Operating Cadence Retainer, Fractional Operations & AI Lead, and AI Enablement Sprint.

## Operating principles

- Systemize first. Automate second. Modernize third.
- Buyer-side only: no seller representation, brokerage fees, success fees, or transaction commissions.
- LFC complements legal, accounting, valuation, lending, and investment advisors; it does not replace them.
- AI is applied after the workflow, data, ownership, and controls are understood. LFC does not automate chaos.

## Public links

- Canonical consulting site: https://consulting.legacyforward.io
- Services: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/services
- Engagements: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/packages
- Buyer Scoping: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/buyer-scoping
- Insights: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/blog
- About: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/about
- FAQ: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/faq
- Contact: https://consulting.legacyforward.io/contact
- Machine-readable summary: https://legacy-forward-fm.indigoint-ll-7047.chatgpt.site/api/summary

## Contact

Email: contact@legacyforward.io

Book a 45-minute fit call: https://calendar.app.google/8JBhW4FuyYk4rMr96