Revenue is up. But so is the chaos. More people, more fires, more decisions landing on your desk. You didn't outgrow your market. You outgrew how you operate.
Built by recovering corporate problem solvers. Based in Cincinnati, serving owner-led businesses from $5M to $50M+ across Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky.
The Problem
You built something real. Now it's running you.
Most owners reach a point where growth creates more problems than it solves. The business needs a different operating model. But there is no time to figure out what to fix, let alone fix it.
Sound familiar?
"We should be making more money than this. Why does growth feel worse instead of better?"
That's what we hear from almost every owner we work with. The business isn't broken. It's stuck between where it is today and where it needs to go.
Why Bare Bones
We've walked these floors.
Bare Bones Solutions is not a strategy firm. We are operators who have spent decades inside complex businesses solving the exact problems you are dealing with now.
We come in, find the constraint that is costing you the most, and fix it. No endless engagement. No 80-slide deck. Measurable progress in 4 to 12 weeks.
Judson Armentrout
Co-Founder
Former corporate operator with experience managing large-scale production and supply chain programs. Spent years identifying and fixing operational constraints inside complex, high-pressure businesses before co-founding Bare Bones Solutions.
Judson on LinkedIn →Bryan Gunn
Co-Founder
Former operations manager with deep experience redesigning workflows, eliminating inefficiencies, and building systems that hold up under pressure. Spent years leading teams responsible for process improvement and operational oversight, consistently making complex organizations run cleaner and faster.
Bryan on LinkedIn →How It Works
Three steps. No ambiguity about what happens next.
Get Clear
A free, focused 60-minute call. We talk through where the business stands today, where you want it in five years, the pain points holding you back, and how we'd approach it.
Get the Full Picture
A broad-based look at the business, up to a week on your floor with your team. We dig into the data, map the bottlenecks, and size every opportunity gap.
Get It Fixed
Every gap, ranked by financial impact and time to close. Take the portfolio and run with it yourself. Or hire us to implement one to three workstreams on a fixed fee, and the assessment fee is credited to that invoice.
Start Here
Most consulting engagements start with a proposal. Ours starts with a real conversation about your business.
You bring the business reality. We bring outside eyes and operator experience.
No cost and no commitment beyond the session itself. If there's a real gap worth closing, the next step is an Operational Health Assessment: a broad-based look at the business that surfaces the full workstream portfolio. Take it and run, or bring us in.
Free Entry Offer
Move forward with a workstream engagement, and the Operational Health Assessment fee is credited to your invoice.
The Fork in the Road
With Bare Bones Solutions
Without It
Ready to Fix It
One call. A clear path forward. No commitment required beyond the diagnostic itself.
Schedule Your DiagnosticEmail us directly at info@barebones.solutions or follow us on LinkedIn