Young Ventures
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For the block, from the block.

Capital and advisory for business owners.

Young Ventures helps business owners visualize, fund, operationalize and improve their businesses. Whether it is pricing, cash management, systems automation, or getting actual intelligence out of artificial intelligence, we bring big-business experience to yours, whatever its size.

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What we do

Finance operations

Run the back office with numbers you can trust.

  • Pricing and job costing
  • Cash management and forecasting
  • Bookkeeping and month-end close
  • Budgets and reporting

Capital readiness

Get in shape to borrow, lease or take on a partner.

  • Clean books and statements
  • Lender and SBA loan packages
  • Equipment and vehicle financing

People operations

Put the basics in place as the team grows.

  • Hiring and onboarding
  • Payroll setup
  • Roles and simple policies

Systems and AI

Automate the routine and put AI to practical use.

  • Phone answering and lead intake
  • Quotes, invoices and follow-up
  • AI tools set up for how you work

Current work

Two of the engagements under way now.

Young Soul Catering

Catering

Building the back office behind a growing catering business: event pricing, lead intake, and a phone line that never misses a booking request.

LaFlare

Food truck

Standing up a food truck as its own line of business, with a plan for bookings, cost per service and a steady schedule.

How an engagement starts

  1. A conversation

    You describe the business and what is in the way. We tell you plainly whether we can help.

  2. A short diagnostic

    We review the numbers and how the work gets done, then give you a written list of what to fix first.

  3. One small project

    We start with the item that pays back fastest and do it together before taking on anything bigger.

Run by Patrick Young

Patrick has spent his career helping finance leaders at large companies plan, forecast and run their businesses better.

He has led enterprise planning and performance management work at global consulting firms, and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Born and raised in Chicago, he started Young Ventures to put that experience to work for business owners directly.

Tell us about your business.

Send a few lines about what you do and where you are stuck.

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