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Strategists Who've Actually Done It.

KCENAV gives mid-market founders and business owners two things: powerful AI diagnostic tools you can use right now — free to start, paid tiers for deeper intelligence — and direct access to operators who've grown and exited at the $2M–$300M level. Use the platform. Engage the team. Or both.

Free diagnostics • Paid platform from $99/mo • Advisory calls are 30 min

$0→$50M
Proven Exit Track
Stanford MBA
Strategic Pedigree
$2M–$300M
Our Sweet Spot
AI Diagnostic Platform
Powerful tools. Self-serve. Always on.
Six diagnostic engines covering growth, valuation, M&A readiness, exit, leadership, and HALO score. Run them in 3 minutes. Track your score over time. Get a ranked gap analysis you can act on today.
Free Navigator $99/mo Commander $249/mo Admiral $499/mo
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Strategic Advisory
Senior operators. Hands-on execution.
Work directly with Matthew and Jennifer — not account managers, not junior consultants. M&A execution, exit preparation, growth architecture, and board-level strategy for companies at critical inflection points.
Custom Engagement $2M–$300M Companies SoCal / Southwest
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The People Behind KCENAV
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Matthew Van Eck
CEO & Strategic Navigator
15 years operating. Grew a geospatial services firm from $0 to $50M ARR and successfully exited. CTO and GIS Professional who bridges high-level strategy with technical execution. Board member, San Diego Center for Children.
$0→$50M Exit CTO & GISP 15-Year Operator
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Jennifer Barnes
Co-Founder
Stanford MBA. 15+ years scaling high-growth businesses across professional services, SaaS, and industrials. Scaled a professional services firm from $10M to $50M as Principal. Active investor in 17 pre-IPO technology companies.
Stanford MBA Exit Expert 17 Pre-IPO Investments

Mid-market companies get left with the leftovers.

The top-tier strategic advisors and $500/hr consultants serve Fortune 500. Junior consultants and generic AI serve everyone else. Companies doing $2M to $300M — at the exact inflection points that determine outcomes — have nowhere to turn for genuine strategic firepower. That's the gap we built KCENAV to close.

Operators, Not Theorists
Every framework we use has been stress-tested in the real world — scaling past $10M, preparing for exit, navigating M&A. We've been in the room when the decisions get made.
Scored, Not Opined
Our diagnostics give you deterministic scores across weighted dimensions — benchmarked against your revenue band and industry. Auditable. Defensible. A starting point for real work.
Self-Serve or Full Engagement
Start with our free diagnostic tools. When the scores surface gaps that need human judgment, our advisory team is ready. One firm, two ways in.

When scores aren't enough.

The diagnostics tell you where you stand. Our advisory team works with you on what to do about it — M&A execution, exit preparation, growth architecture, and board-level strategy for companies that want direct access to operators who've done it.

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Direct Senior Operator Access
Work with Matthew and Jennifer directly. No account managers. No junior consultants doing the work while partners sell.
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M&A, Exit & Growth Execution
From deal preparation and buyer positioning to scaling strategy and leadership architecture. We execute alongside you, not just advise from a distance.
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Board-Ready Deliverables
Strategic memos, valuation narratives, growth roadmaps, and diligence packages that hold up in a boardroom or a buyer's conference room.
Advisory Engagements
How Companies Typically Work With Us
Most clients start with a free diagnostic. When the results surface gaps that require hands-on expertise, they engage the advisory team directly.
  • Exit preparation and value-gap closure for companies 12–24 months from a liquidity event
  • Growth architecture for founders and business owners breaking through revenue ceilings ($10M, $25M, $50M)
  • M&A readiness and buy-side or sell-side advisory for strategic transactions
  • Valuation optimization to improve EBITDA multiples before going to market
  • Leadership and organizational design for scaling past founder-dependence

Six AI-powered diagnostic engines. Free to start.

Each diagnostic gives you a deterministic score across weighted dimensions — benchmarked against your revenue band and industry. Auditable outputs, peer comparisons, and a prioritized gap analysis you can act on immediately. Free for all six. Unlock score history, deeper benchmarks, and cross-tool intelligence with a paid plan.

Platform tiers: Free Navigator $99/mo Commander $249/mo Admiral $499/mo Compare tiers →
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HALO Score
Company Diagnostic Engine
Four-pillar HALO Index: High Assets, Low Obsolescence, Growth Readiness, Exit Readiness. HALO 70+ correlates with 8-12x EBITDA multiples vs 4-6x below 50.
HALO 84/100
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FREE
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Growth Scaling Diagnostic
Revenue Tier Readiness Engine
Seven-pillar diagnostic for founders and business owners at $2M–$300M. Pinpoints the exact constraints blocking your next revenue tier — sales infrastructure, ops scalability, hiring, PMF depth, and more.
Growth Score 72/100
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FREE
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Valuation Optimizer
EBITDA Multiple Diagnostic
Seven-pillar valuation score: Revenue Quality, Margin Profile, Customer Diversification, IP & Defensibility, Management Depth, Market Positioning, Financial Readiness. Estimated EBITDA multiple range and prioritized improvement roadmap.
VAL 63/100
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FREE
L&O
Leadership & Operations
Leadership Diagnostic
Five-pillar leadership diagnostic across strategic vision, operational execution, team development, financial stewardship, and change management. Reveals growth ceilings tied to leadership gaps.
LEAD 65/100
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FREE
M&A Readiness
Deal Preparedness Engine
Five-pillar M&A diagnostic: Due Diligence, Financial Structure, Integration Capability, Deal Team, Cultural Alignment. Buy-side and sell-side. Gap analysis with actionable recommendations.
MAR 61/100
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FREE
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Exit Readiness
Exit Preparedness Engine
Six-pillar exit diagnostic: Financial Documentation, Customer Concentration, Owner Dependency, Recurring Revenue Quality, Legal & IP, Buyer Attractiveness. EBITDA multiple estimate and gap analysis.
EXIT 57/100
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What separates us from every other strategic intelligence platform.

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Operators, Not Analysts

$50M+ enterprise value built and exited. Director-level strategy at scale — drawn from operators who built, scaled, and sold companies in this revenue range. This isn't theory — it's pattern recognition from having been in the room.

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Deterministic Scoring

Same inputs produce same scores. Every result is auditable, repeatable, and defensible. Calculated outputs clearly separated from AI-generated insights.

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Peer Benchmark Database

Scores calibrated against companies at your revenue stage and industry. The dataset grows with every user — a data flywheel no one else has built for this market.

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Two Ways In

Start free with self-serve diagnostics. Engage the team directly when you need hands-on work. One firm, one methodology, one conversion path.

Use the platform. Engage the team. Or both.

⚡ AI Diagnostic Platform
Start free. Upgrade when you need more intelligence.
Navigator
$99/mo
Full diagnostic access with score history and benchmark comparisons. For founders who want ongoing strategic visibility.
  • All six diagnostic engines, unlimited runs
  • Score history and trend tracking
  • Peer benchmark comparisons by revenue band
  • PDF export of diagnostic results
Get Navigator →
Commander
$249/mo
Full platform plus AI-generated strategic roadmaps and cross-tool gap analysis. For companies actively working on growth or exit.
  • Everything in Navigator
  • AI-generated action roadmaps per diagnostic
  • Cross-tool strategic intelligence report
  • Priority gap analysis with ranked recommendations
  • Quarterly strategy brief based on score trends
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Admiral
$499/mo
Everything in Commander, plus a monthly 1-hour strategy session with the KCENAV advisory team. Platform meets advisor.
  • Everything in Commander
  • Monthly 60-min strategy session with Matthew or Jennifer
  • Custom benchmark cohort for your industry
  • Board-ready diagnostic summaries and memos
  • Direct Slack access between sessions
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🎯 Strategic Advisory — Custom Engagement
Senior operators, direct access, hands-on execution.
Work directly with Matthew and Jennifer on M&A execution, exit preparation, growth architecture, and board-level strategy. No junior consultants. No account managers. For companies at critical inflection points that need more than a platform.
M&A & exit execution Growth architecture Valuation optimization Board-ready deliverables $2M–$300M companies

Your next inflection point deserves the right move.

Start with the platform to see where you stand. Engage the team when you need hands-on expertise. Both are here.

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