The Clarity Architect · Seller Advocate
Over 30 years as a business owner, operator, and transaction participant — on both sides of the table. Todd has been the seller, the buyer, and the advisor. That breadth is the foundation of The Clarity Architect.
The patterns he kept seeing: sellers who entered processes unprepared, without a clear picture of their actual position, without anyone in their corner whose only interest was their outcome. He built this practice to fix that.
By the numbers
The perspective
Todd built and operated businesses before he ever advised on them. He knows what it costs to build something — and why it matters that the outcome reflects that.
He has participated in transactions as buyer, seller, and advisor. He knows exactly how buyers think, what they price, and what they're looking for — because he's been in that seat.
The Clarity Architect was built around one belief: a closed deal and a good outcome are not the same thing. Everything is oriented around the latter.
How Todd sees the world
Most value is created before anyone calls it a sale.
The preparation window — not the negotiation table — is where outcomes are determined.
Leverage is decided long before price is negotiated.
By the time buyers are at the table, your options are already narrower than they need to be.
Deals don't fail on price. They fail on unpriced risk.
Risk that isn't identified and addressed before a process doesn't disappear — it becomes a discount or a collapsed deal.
A closed deal and a good outcome are not the same thing.
Getting a deal done is easy. Getting the right deal, structured correctly, with full awareness — that's the actual goal.
Integration beats isolation.
Specialists optimize their piece. Outcomes require someone looking at the whole picture simultaneously.
Clarity precedes leverage.
You can't protect what you haven't measured. You can't improve what you haven't seen clearly.
What to expect
If the numbers don't support your assumptions, you'll hear it clearly. If timing has narrowed your options, that conversation happens early — not after you've committed to a process.
There is no value in false optimism here. The goal is the best achievable outcome given your actual situation — not a flattering picture that collapses under buyer scrutiny.
This is a limited-capacity practice by design. Todd works directly with each client — not a team of junior analysts. The work is judgment-heavy and highly contextual. That doesn't scale to volume.
Maximum six active Clarity Partnership clients at any time. Not a positioning tactic — a quality requirement.
All engagements are conducted under confidentiality. NDA available on request. The nature of pre-transaction work requires absolute discretion — within the firm, across advisors, and toward any third parties.
If the Clarity Scan does not materially clarify your position, you pay nothing. This isn't marketing language — it's the operating principle. Clarity that doesn't change your awareness or options isn't clarity.
The Clarity Scan is the right first step — no commitment, no process, no banker required.