Private Advisory for Owner-Led Companies

The Trusted Advisor Behind Your Biggest Decisions

Bowen Banbury helps founders and CEOs make better decisions, challenge their thinking, and gain the confidence of having a trusted advisor in the room before every consequential decision. Choose a peer board or advisory relationship that fits your business.

Private CEO CouncilConfidential perspective from leaders who understand the weight
Peer Boards & AdvisoryOptions for new businesses and established companies
Executive AdvisorStrategic counsel before consequential decisions

The Problem

The decisions at the top were never meant to be made in isolation.

Owners usually have people around them. What they often lack is a confidential board of seasoned peers and a strategic advisor willing to challenge the thinking behind the plan.

What Keeps Leaders Stuck

  • ×Carrying every major decision alone and hoping you picked the right path.
  • ×Getting surface-level advice from people who do not understand the pressure.
  • ×Collecting more ideas while the real decision remains unresolved.
  • ×Second-guessing the move because no one helped you pressure-test it.

What Changes With the Right Room

  • ✓A tight, trusted advisory board that knows your world and speaks straight.
  • ✓Private strategic counsel focused on your real problems and goals.
  • ✓A simple 90-day plan that turns hard decisions into focused action.
  • ✓Big decisions feel lighter, moves happen faster, and the weight on your shoulders can finally be shared.

How the Advisory Board Works

Three connected parts turn pressure into a clear plan.

The Secret Weapon Executive Advisory Board System combines private counsel, disciplined planning, and a confidential CEO council.

Step 01

Private Executive Advisory

Lay out the goals, risks, decisions, and problems that cannot be solved by generic advice. Leave with a clearer picture of what is true and what matters next.

Step 02

Build the Strategic Game Plan

Turn the discussion into a simple set of moves for the next 90 days. No giant binder. No jargon. Just a plan that fits the business and the life behind it.

Step 03

Join the Private CEO Council

Bring consequential decisions to experienced peers who understand payroll, growth, pricing, people, and cash, and who will tell you what they actually see.

Why It Works

Better inputs create better owner-level decisions.

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Cleaner Decisions

Pressure-test the hard call in a confidential room and leave with a clearer view of the move, the risk, and the next constraint.

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Better Operating Rhythm

Replace scattered problem-solving with a regular cadence for strategic thinking, commitments, and accountable follow-through.

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Less Isolated Leadership

Stop relying on employees, friends, or vendors to provide the independent perspective only other owners and experienced advisors can give.

Imagine This

A few months from now, the company is not living entirely in your head.

This is what leadership can feel like when trusted perspective and a disciplined advisory rhythm are already in place.

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Big decisions are no longer a lonely guessing game. There is a trusted room ready to help think them through.

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There is a clear strategic plan instead of 20 half-finished ideas competing for attention.

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Real issues get tackled on a reliable cadence instead of being pushed to "later."

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Blind spots get called out early with honesty, before they become expensive problems.

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The team feels the shift: less chaos, fewer emergency meetings, and more focused action.

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Nights and weekends feel lighter because the hardest "what if" questions have somewhere productive to go.

Meet the Partners

Experienced judgment for the decisions that matter.

Bowen and Lana bring complementary operator, legal, boardroom, and strategic experience to every advisory relationship.

Bowen Banbury

Meet Bowen

Operator Judgment Built in the Real World

Bowen's experience spans business ownership, acquired businesses, board work, turnarounds, strategic planning, international business, and capital markets.

  • Business owner and acquirer
  • Board and turnaround experience
  • International and capital-markets perspective
Lana Proctor Banbury

Meet Lana

Seasoned Legal and Boardroom Judgment

Lana brings more than 30 years advising business owners, boards, C-suite executives, and nonprofit leaders across business law, transactions, employment matters, and growth.

  • 30+ years advising owners and boards
  • 10 years as in-house General Counsel
  • TAB Denver East owner and facilitator

Bowen's Story

Why this work became a serious focus.

For years, Bowen kept hearing the same quiet line from founders and leaders: "I know I'm supposed to have it all together, but honestly, it feels pretty lonely up here."

On paper, things looked great. Good revenue. Big goals. Busy calendar. Behind the scenes there was second-guessing, pressure, and almost no one they could talk to about the real decisions.

Secret Weapon brings executive advisory, strategic planning, and a private advisory board into one system, so no owner has to white-knuckle every consequential decision alone.

Membership Options

Choose Your Advisory Relationship

Choose a regular peer board priced by annual company revenue, dedicated advisory for your leadership team, or an online board for your new business.

In Person / Denver Area

Regular Peer Board

The same board and coaching support at every revenue tier.

  • Monthly, in-person Denver-area peer board
  • One hour of private coaching each month
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Regular board membership by annual company revenue
Annual Company RevenueMonthly Membership
$500,000 to under $1 million$795/month
$1 million to under $5 million$995/month
$5 million to $10 million$1,295/month
More than $10 million$1,995/month
Business Assessment: $695 one time

Paid once when you join any regular board tier. Includes a DISC assessment, two hours of initial coaching and setup in the Business Builder's Blueprint to establish your priorities and goals.

For Your Company & Leadership Team

Company Board Advisory

$3,995/month

Bowen works alongside you and your leadership team as a board member would, available whenever needed for strategic advice, major decisions and guidance on execution.

Discuss Company Advisory

100% Online / For New Businesses

Online Accelerator Board

$295/month

For businesses under two years old and under $500,000 in annual revenue. Solopreneurs welcome.

  • Monthly three-hour online peer board with business training and owner discussion
  • One hour of online coaching each month in a group of three owners
  • Business Builder's Blueprint, TAB Academy and TAB Connect
Business Assessment: $195 one time

First month: $490 total. Then $295 per month.

90-day performance guarantee

No long-term contract.

Complete a business diagnostic, set 90-day goals and attend three board meetings and three coaching meetings. If you are not satisfied with the value received, all fees paid for the first 90 days are refunded.

Apply for the Accelerator

Business Assessment fees are charged once. Membership is subject to fit and group availability.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this actually for?

This is for founders, owners, and senior leaders who feel lonely at the top and want a real sounding board. If big decisions live mostly in your head and you wish you had sharp, honest people to think with you, this is built for you.

How much time does this take?

The system is designed for busy leaders. Focused private advisory, clear strategic planning, and regular advisory board meetings are built to save time otherwise lost to stress, second-guessing, and backtracking.

How is this different from a mastermind or networking group?

This is a confidential executive relationship, not a broad networking program. You get deep strategic counsel, structured planning, and an advisory board prepared to challenge the thinking behind the plan.

Is coaching included in every regular board tier?

Yes. Every regular revenue tier includes the monthly, in-person Denver-area peer board and one hour of private coaching each month. The $695 one-time Business Assessment includes a DISC assessment, two hours of initial coaching and Business Builder's Blueprint setup.

Is there an option for a newer or smaller business?

The Online Accelerator Board is for businesses under two years old and under $500,000 in annual revenue. Solopreneurs are welcome. Membership is $295 per month plus a $195 one-time Business Assessment: $490 for the first month, then $295 per month. It includes a monthly three-hour online peer board and one hour of online coaching in a group of three owners.

What does the accelerator's 90-day guarantee require?

Complete a business diagnostic, set 90-day goals and attend three board meetings and three coaching meetings. If you are not satisfied with the value received, all fees paid for the first 90 days are refunded. The accelerator has no long-term contract.

What happens before I can book?

Choose your advisory option and answer a short fit check. Regular peer boards are for current owners with at least $500,000 in annual revenue; the Online Accelerator Board is for owners of businesses under two years old and under $500,000 in annual revenue. Company Board Advisory has its own owner or leadership-team fit check. Once your fit and decision authority are confirmed, you can open Bowen's booking calendar.

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Great leaders don't have all the answers. They have trusted advisors.

Whether you're navigating rapid growth, hiring executives, buying a business, or making the biggest decision of your career, you should not have to do it alone.

Apply for Membership and discover what changes when every major decision is backed by trusted perspective, honest accountability, and experienced strategic advice.

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