| Name | Title | Contact Details |
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Jack Burke |
Director High School Recruiting - Porter and Chester Institute / YTI Career Institute | Profile |
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.
Flynn Group is the largest franchise operator in the United States, focusing on multi-brand restaurant and retail operations. Founded in 1999 by Greg Flynn, the company has expanded significantly from its beginnings as a single-market Applebee’s operator. It now manages a diverse portfolio that includes well-known brands such as Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Panera Bread, and Arby’s, with over 2,500 locations across the country. The company specializes in franchise management, acquiring and optimizing underperforming locations to enhance operational efficiency and drive sales growth. Flynn Groups acquisition strategy has led to substantial growth, including the recent addition of 45 Pizza Hut locations in 2025, bringing its total to over 1,000. With a people-first approach, Flynn Group emphasizes employee training and retention, ensuring consistent customer experiences across its various dining segments.
Pendrick Capital Partners is one of the largest HEALTHCARE debt buyers in the USA providing additional revenue streams to all our clients. Our management team is comprised of industry veterans with over 80 years of combined knowledge. We bring core expertise to all consumer debt segments in our underwriting and servicing processes. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and take pride in our business relationships. Our commitment to customer service is unmatched in the industry, just ask for our references. The sale of aged A/R among HEALTHCARE providers has become much more mainstream over the last 10 years. During the last 3 years, Pendrick Capital Partners has purchased over 55 million accounts with a face value of over $16 billion. These portfolios represent patient accounts at ER physician groups, ambulance companies and hospitals. The desire of providers to implement a profitable, compliant, and sensible solution to their revenue cycle challenges and cash acceleration needs has never been greater. With the right partner, the impact of selling should be no different than the impact of using contingency collection agencies to recover delinquent accounts. In many cases, clients have informed us that this practice has enhanced overall collections, as it creates an expectation of payment within their patient bases. Pendrick Capital Partners recognizes the important role that physicians, clinics and hospitals play in local communities and conducts its business with the highest degree of professionalism and respect for patients and clients. Careful due diligence helps us understand an organization`s unique needs and ensures that our tailored collection efforts meet our clients expectations prior to starting a relationship. We do not resell accounts and strongly recommend that any healthcare provider who is concerned about patient and community relations makes a no-resale provision a non-negotiable part of its business agreement with any debt buyer.
Our approach consists of four primary factors: 1. Provide a personalized experience with every customer interaction. 2. Offer products with inherent value that address unique customer needs. 3. Locally owned and operated. 4. Loans deployed to assist local businesses and residents. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.
After driving growth for my third VC-backed exit, Andrew Lee Miller (@andrewstartups) founded GrowthExpertz, a unique growth agency focused solely on helping tech startups in their first 12-24 months post-funding. Since 2016 weve helped over a dozen startups get to 8-9 figure valuation, several exits, and almost 100 total successful projects. We specialize in full-stack growth, handled remotely by expertz, for companies that have raised capital but still need help with marketing. We work in the background to strategize, launch and scale their organic and paid campaigns while they handle everything else. Some notable clients: www.datadistillr.com (raised $10m off of our work) www.canweapp.com (exited) www.withdouble.com (grew 30% in first 3 months) www.getemails.com (now retention.com doing $30m ARR) www.CrownDating.com (exit to Tinder/Match Group) www.denizen.io (BBVA Incubator) www.zedge.net (100m+ installs) www.different.com.au (now one of the largest startups in Australia) www.fly.com (300% increase in traffic in 12 months) www.openinvest.co (acquired by Chase) We are industry agnostic but often focus on SaaS, Fintech, Marketplace, Online Dating, Consumer Mobile Apps, and more. Email contact@growthexpertz.com or book a call at www.growthexpertz.com