Catan Strategy Group · Texas · Pennsylvania · Nationwide

We help owners
work less

Hiring, AI systems, exit preparation, and equipment financing built for small business owners. Everything you need to run a tighter operation and leave on your own terms.

12

Admins placed in Texas and Pennsylvania so far in 2026

$135K

In equipment financing funded for small businesses year to date

4

Custom AI agents helping 6 admins do the work of 25 people

8

Business owners currently in our exit prep process

No long waits. No runaround.

Every engagement starts with a real conversation with someone who actually knows your business.

What we do

Four ways CSG puts your business on solid ground

Whether you need better people, a leaner operation, a plan to sell, or cash for equipment, we have a straight path to each one.

01

Hiring Administrators and Customer-Facing Staff

We recruit and place qualified administrators and customer service staff for HVAC, trades, home services, and healthcare offices. We know what these roles actually require and we find people who can do the job from day one.

02

AI Systems Built for Your Back Office

Custom-built tools designed around the specific tasks your admin handles every day. Not generic software. A system built for your operation that gives one person the output of four.

03

Exit Preparation and Business Valuation

Clean books, organized records, a real valuation, and coaching on what buyers look for. You walk into a sale knowing exactly what your business is worth and why.

04

Micro Equipment Financing ($10K to $50K)

CSG is the direct lender. No middlemen, no long waits. If the bank said no, we have a straightforward path to the capital you need, built for small businesses.

How it works

Simple from the first call

Every engagement starts the same way: a real conversation where we listen before we recommend anything.

Step 01

Have a real conversation

No time limits, no pitch deck, no jargon. You speak directly with our President or Director. We want to understand your business fully before we say anything about what you need.

Step 02

We diagnose the gap

We tell you plainly what we think you need, whether that is a hire, a smarter system, exit prep, or financing.

 

Step 03

We get to work

Most engagements start within one week. You stay informed and in control throughout.

 

Step 04

You move forward

Better staff, a leaner operation, a business ready to sell or ready to grow. That is the goal every time.

AI systems for small business

It does the daily grind. Your admin does the work that actually matters.

We are not going to sell you on AI changing your life. What we will tell you is there are tasks your admin does every single week that take real time and do not require real thinking. We build a system that handles those tasks, built specifically for your business.

We sit down with you, go through what your admin actually spends their time on, and build tools around those exact tasks. Nothing generic, nothing off the shelf. If your team spends two hours a week pulling together pricing data from old sales records, that is a two-hour problem we solve. If your manager has to manually check who completed a training before every quarterly review, we fix that.

The owner who is currently handling reporting, follow-ups, and internal tracking themselves? This is built for you. You bring on one good person, give them this system, and you have the capacity of a four-person office team without the payroll to match.

Most AI tools are built for large companies with dedicated IT teams. They are expensive, they are complicated, and they require you to change the way you already work.

We do the opposite. We start with the tasks that are already happening inside your business and build tools that do those tasks faster, with fewer people touching them. Your admin does not need to learn complicated new software. They just stop doing the parts of their job that a machine should be handling.

Every system is built from scratch for your business. We do not resell a platform. We build a tool for your operation and your operation only.

Reporting

Reports that used to take hours

Pulling together weekly or monthly reports from multiple sources by hand is exactly the kind of task that should not need a person. We build a system that pulls, organizes, and delivers the report on whatever schedule you set.

Compliance

Who has completed what, and when

Training completions, license renewals, certifications, onboarding steps. Instead of chasing people down or manually checking spreadsheets, you see exactly where every employee stands at any given time.

Training

A training system built around your business

We build a training agent that pulls from your existing materials or takes new inputs and builds onboarding plans, annual training programs, and one-off courses your team can actually use. New hire or ten-year veteran, the right training gets to the right person fast and without the cost of outside programs.

Decision support

All the information, before the meeting

Your administrator should walk into every decision with the full picture already in front of them. We build tools that gather and organize the information they need so they can make good calls instead of spending the day tracking down numbers.

Exit preparation

Know what your business is worth before someone else tells you

Most small business owners leave money on the table when they sell. Not because of bad luck, but because they were not prepared. We change that.

Financial records cleanup

We organize and clean up your books so buyers see a business they can trust, not a mess they have to untangle before they can even make an offer.

Formal business valuation

We give you a real number and explain exactly how we got there so you can walk into negotiations confident and ready to defend your asking price.

HR and employee record organization

Buyers look closely at your team. We make sure your employee records, contracts, and pay structure are organized and ready for review.

Buyer-readiness coaching

We coach you on what buyers actually ask, what kills deals at the last minute, and how to present your business clearly and with confidence.

Ready to find out what your business is worth?

Our exit prep process covers everything from your first document review to the moment you sit across from a buyer. We consult and advise. You stay in control the entire time.

WEEKS 1–2  Initial review of financials, records, and operations
WEEKS 3–5  Cleanup, organization, and valuation analysis
WEEKS 6–8  Buyer-readiness coaching and presentation prep
WEEKS 9–12  Final review and go-to-market readiness

Equipment financing

We are the lender.
No middlemen.

If your business needs equipment and the bank said no, or the process took too long, CSG lends directly. We understand small businesses because we operate them.

Micro Equipment Financing

Loan range: $10,000 to $50,000
Loan range
$10K to $50K
Who qualifies
Small business owners
Lender
CSG direct, no brokers
First step
15-minute call
Industries served
HVAC, trades, health, retail
We get back to every inquiry within one business day.

Get in touch

Let us know how we can help

Fill out the form and someone from our team will follow up within one business day. No automated responses, no sales funnels. A real person from CSG reaches back out.

Fill out the form and someone from our team will follow up within one business day. No automated responses, no sales funnels. A real person from CSG reaches back out.

 

Owners' Thoughts

Practical advice for small business owners

No filler, no fluff. Real guidance on hiring, operations, selling a business, and getting the financing you need.

 
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If you are still pulling your own weekly reports, chasing down training completions, and compiling pricing by hand, you are spending time on work that a system should be doing for you.

Ready to get started?

No pressure. We will tell you honestly what we think your business needs and whether CSG is the right fit to help.