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Ascend empowers entrepreneurial CPAs to reach their goals with an innovative growth model that brings their firms into the new age. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a modern platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a large CPA firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition, best-of-breed technology, a catalytic leadership system, shared back-office services, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount todays industry challenges and reach their full potential. Founded in January 2023, the company attained revenues sufficient to qualify it as a Top 100 U.S. accounting firm within six months of operation.
EverZinc is a global leader in producing specialty zinc materials, with a history of over 185 years. Established in 2016, the company became the worlds largest zinc specialty chemical producer after merging with U.S. Zinc in 2022. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, EverZinc operates 14 production sites across North America, Europe, and Asia, employing over 800 people. The company specializes in four main product lines: fine zinc powders, zinc oxide, zinc powders for batteries, and Zano®, an ultra-fine zinc oxide. These products serve various industries, including personal care, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, textiles, agriculture, paints, coatings, and rubber. EverZincs advanced manufacturing technologies and focus on material science support its diverse customer base and contribute to its strong growth in the zinc specialty chemical market.
Fair. Rude. But fair. Lets take the second question first. In competitive cycling, Domestiques are riders who lead the pack, breaking headwinds to make the journey easier for the team. And its the love of doing the hard, foundational, gritty and unglamorous work that informs everything we do. Now, to your first question. Domestique is a management consultant company that helps businesses scale through go-to-market operations (aka Revenue Operations or RevOps). Not sure what that answer means? No sweat. We, in the next paragraph. will make it as long-winded as possible. We are Rhys Williams and Alex Biale, co-founders of Domestique. We have a combined 25+ years in go-to-market operations experience, translating CEO questions like "lets move up market" and "lets expand internationally" into best-in-class operations. Our expertise informed the development of a GTM operational framework that we use to help companies create, accelerate and optimize their revenue engines. And our understanding of building, scaling, funding and preparing your company for exit is what sets our expertise apart. Our mission? Empower your business to unlock growth levers to do great things. (What are growth levers? Theyre things like Capacity Planning, Lead Scoring, Customer Segmentation, Comp Strategy, and other terms that sound like things we just made up). Growing a business is hard and too often companies fail because they lack the preparation, agility and connective tissue to get through the hard part. We help by though strategic and technical services to align your business strategy with your go-to-market playbook. Because visualizing your goals, your outcomes and life-changing moments—thats where you come in. Getting you from mile marker to mile marker—thats where we come in. After all, thats our role as your Domestique—Your accelerator. Your guide. Your teammate.