VLP Business Coaching works with small business owners who are ready to stop guessing and start working from a clear, prioritized plan.
Most business owners get advice that's generic, siloed, or built for a much bigger company than theirs. What's missing isn't more information — owners can find plenty of that on their own — it's a structured way to see the whole business at once, know what actually matters, and have someone who's been in the trenches help prioritize it.
That's the gap VLP Business Coaching is built to close: less generic playbook, more working plan — built around your business's real numbers, real constraints, and what fixing the right things, in the right order, is actually worth.
Our approach borrows more from expedition planning than from typical business consulting: you don't take on something ambitious by winging it. You assess where you stand, prepare deliberately, and then move — decisively, in the right order. That's the same discipline we bring to advising: assess first, prioritize ruthlessly, then execute in bite-sized, trackable steps rather than a 40-item to-do list.
Engagements are hands-on and ongoing, not a one-time report you file away. You'll have direct access between sessions, a plan that adjusts as your business changes, and someone who treats your business's numbers as seriously as their own.
VLP Business Coaching is founded and led by David Hardin, CEPA — a Certified Exit Planning Advisor credentialed through the Exit Planning Institute, with 27+ years of hands-on experience owning and running multiple businesses. Business owners who work with VLP average double-digit revenue growth, double-digit profit growth, and see a 2-4x increase in Enterprise Value — what your business is actually worth to someone else, not just what it earns you this year — and a real, lasting improvement in work/life balance. That track record is backed by an exceptional client retention rate and world-class Net Promoter Scores.
Click here to learn what Enterprise Value actually means →VLP stands for Victory Loves Preparation — the idea that winning outcomes are rarely a matter of luck, timing, or last-minute heroics. They're built well before the moment everyone's watching, in the unglamorous work of getting ready while things still feel calm. It's true on an expedition, it's true in competition, and it's especially true in business: the owners who come out ahead aren't the ones who scramble hardest when an opportunity or a crisis finally shows up — they're the ones who already did the work to be ready for it. That's the whole philosophy behind how we advise: not more hustle, not more hours, but the kind of deliberate preparation that makes the eventual win look inevitable in hindsight.
Start with the free assessment, or reach out directly to talk through your business.
