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4 weeks · €3,000
The Study
I go through your accounts, contracts and processes. You get a costed plan: how much cost to cut, how much margin to gain, and how fast.
→ Deducted if we partner.
Applications open · 1 company every 3 to 6 months
I take a stake in your company.
A stake, not an invoice.
Joseph Nahed, operating partner for businesses with €300k to €5M in revenue. I bring the study, the expertise and the tools to cut your costs and grow your profit. I get paid on what I create.
8
companies run today
10–30%
stake, earned in milestones
€3,000
Study, deducted if we partner
3–6 mo.
between two new stakes
The problem
You are your company's bottleneck.
Revenue is there. Profit, much less so. Costs have crept up year after year, subscriptions pile up, some suppliers have never been renegotiated, and you are still the one chasing invoices at night.
A consulting firm will sell you a diagnosis and leave. One more hire will weigh on payroll. What you are missing is a partner who has already run companies with very few people, and who only gets paid if it works.
The lever Every euro of cost you cut
Every euro of cost you cut
drops straight to profit.
Out of €100 of revenueIllustration
€92
of costs
€8
of profit
×1.0
profit multiplied
8 points of cost removed, and profit doubles. That is what the Study goes after, line by line.
The model
Three stages. One cheque.
And it is deducted if we partner.
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10 to 30% of equity
The partnership
I take a minority stake, earned in milestones: a first part at signing, the rest only once lower costs and then higher EBITDA show up in your accounts.
→ No results, no shares.
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12 to 24 months
The transformation
I carry out the plan with you: renegotiations, processes, pricing, sales, tools. A monthly review of the numbers. You stay in charge.
→ I get paid on the profit I create.
Simulator
Own less, earn more.
Move the sliders. If your share of a bigger EBITDA beats the EBITDA you take home today, partnering works in your favour.
Indicative simulation, not an offer. The actual stake and milestones are set after the Study, based on your accounts.
EBITDA today72 000 €
EBITDA after transformation132 000 €
Indicative NHD stake17,5 %
Your share of the new EBITDA108 900 €
What I bring
Lower costs. Higher profit.
AI is a tool, not the point.
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Cut costs
Line-by-line review: suppliers, subscriptions, insurance, subcontracting, time spent on work that adds nothing. We cut what earns nothing.
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Grow profit
Margin per product and per customer, pricing, collections, sales conversion. The profit is often already there: it leaks between two tools.
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Tools that run on their own
I operate 8 companies with no back-office team. AI and automation are my working tools: I put them where they pay, never for show.
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A partner, not a consultant
I own part of the company: my interest is yours. No 80-page report, no engagement that drags on. An operator's eye on your numbers, every month.
Your partner
An operator, not an adviser.
I have run a €5M retail group with 9 stores, turned around a small business before selling my stake, and today I run software used by over a million people. I know what a never-renegotiated supplier costs, a price untouched for three years, a day lost re-typing data.
When I become a partner, I work on your numbers as I do on mine: every month, with you, until the results show up in the accounts.
Sectors I have worked in
- Retail
- Wholesale
- Selective distribution
- Logistics
- Live events
- Software
- Real estate
Joseph Nahed, chairman of NHD
My background →+50 %
profitability at Groupe Namco (€5M revenue, 9 stores)
−50 %
logistics costs in distance selling, with 30% more orders
1 an
to bring Symbiose Organisation back to profit
1M+
users and over 1,500 organisations on eBrigade
Not new
I've done it before.
Buying into an existing company, turning it around with its owner, then selling the stake: that is what I did at Symbiose Organisation, long before NHD.
Stake 2015 – 2019
Symbiose Organisation
As a partner alongside its managing director, Eric Ade, I led the turnaround of this €300k-revenue company: back to profit within a year, then 10% growth a year, thanks to key accounts such as Thales, Crédit Agricole, Bouygues, TNT, Filorga and Mappy. I then sold my stake, on a €150k valuation of the company.
NHD turns that approach into a model: the same partner mindset, plus the tools I built to operate my own companies.
symbioseorganisation.fr ↗ Portfolio
8 companies run today. All on track.
Real estate Software Restaurants under study Retail under study
Real estate Rentaplus Short-term rental management Real estate LEA.immo Property management software Real estate Château de Ravenel Heritage event venue Software eBrigade Software for managing teams, activities and resources Software BodyTrack SaaS for fitness coaches Software Operis.build Construction operations software Software Pulse Operations platform Media La Bourse du Gras Weight-loss media and coaching
With no back-office team. That know-how is what I bring to every company I partner with.
See the portfolio Who it's for
Real companies, with real customers.
It can work if…
- ✓You make between €300k and €5M in revenue
- ✓The business has at least two financial years behind it
- ✓You run it and hold the majority
- ✓You feel the margin is leaking somewhere
- ✓You are ready to open your books and change habits
It's not for you if…
- ✗You have no revenue yet
- ✗You are looking for fundraising or a financial investor
- ✗The company is in insolvency proceedings
- ✗You want a contractor to execute, not a partner
- ✗You only want a tool: see Pulse
Pulse
Not ready to partner? Take the tool.
Pulse is the platform I run my companies on: client portal, content, acquisition, support, monitoring. Included in what I bring when we partner, available as a subscription otherwise.
Accelerator€1,200excl. VAT / month
Agency in a box€3,200excl. VAT / month
Co-pilotfrom €7,500excl. VAT / month
FAQ
What owners ask me.
Why a stake rather than an invoice?+
Because it aligns our interests. A consultant gets paid whether or not it works. I only earn if your company becomes more valuable. Only the Study is invoiced (€3,000 excl. VAT), and it is deducted if we partner.
How much of my company would I give up?+
Between 10 and 30%, depending on the size of the company and the potential measured by the Study: roughly 20 to 30% between €300k and €1M in revenue, 15 to 20% between €1M and €3M, 10 to 15% between €3M and €5M. It always stays a minority stake, earned in milestones.
What if the results aren't there?+
The milestones are not reached, and I don't get the corresponding shares. The targets (lower costs, higher EBITDA) are written down before we start and checked against your accounts.
Do I keep control of my company?+
Yes. I am a minority partner; you remain the CEO and the decision-maker. A shareholders' agreement sets governance, information rights, milestones and exit terms. The legal set-up is tailored to each case and reviewed by your advisers.
Do you sell AI?+
No. I sell neither services nor automation days. AI is a tool I use to transform the companies I partner with, just like a supplier renegotiation. If you only want a tool, look at Pulse.
How many companies do you take on?+
One new company every 3 to 6 months, no more. That is what lets me be genuinely present in each one. Applications are reviewed in order of arrival.
Next step
Tell me about your company.
Five minutes to apply. Answer within 72 hours. If it fits, we talk for 30 minutes, then start the Study. If not, I tell you why.
Apply