In business, change is inevitable, whether external market conditions rock a company’s performance or internal dynamics shift to create instability. In a global economy defined by unpredictability and rapid innovation driving product life-cycles perpetually shorter, management’s ability to respond quickly and effectively is very often the determinant between success and failure.
 
Topside is a consultancy designed to support business leaders facing a wide range of transitional planning and implementation challenges, from emerging start-ups experiencing rapid growth to more mature businesses re-positioning and seeking competitive advantages in saturated or declining markets.  We also provide specialist resources to private equity firms to ensure investment returns and high-impact value creation.  An efficient, accurate assessment of business problems and orienting clients to solution implementation defines our approach. 

Topside works with businesses and investors in New Orleans and Atlanta, two of the South’s leading entrepreneurial hotbeds. The firm seeks to identify cooperative opportunities where the unique assets of each location can be exploited to accelerate the next generation of great companies.

Topside was founded by Allen Bell, Darin McAuliffe and Sonja McAuliffe and has since grown to include many new consultants.  Our growth is based on our four main principles, which are the key to our success:

Independence, objectivity, competence and confidentiality.

Find out how these core values have helped hundreds of other clients achieve lasting success for their businesses.