About Us
Our Why
Orange Kiwi exists because you and your business matter. Privately held businesses hold more opportunities for more people than any other business form. That’s why we help closely held and family business owners navigate their transition journeys through scale, sale, or succession to see business legacies that are expanded, revitalized, and/or transitioned to the next generation.
Allie & Andrew Taylor
OUR STORY
As with any start-up, the growth and development of Orange Kiwi has not been a straight line. Founded in 2009, we wanted to make a lasting difference for our clients and that hasn’t changed. Since those early days, we have honed our business model and grown to appreciate the powerful impact of understanding the psychology of business owners and it shapes their businesses. Identity, motivation, values, dreams, fears, weaknesses, strengths, leadership style, team building practices, knowledge, ability, skill, experience, and family dynamics all shape the decisions that drive business results.
We are passionate about helping to create the lasting change. Realizing the most powerful opportunities are hidden in the inner world of owners and their management teams, we knew traditional consulting models would never work. This insight led to investing in Allie getting her PhD in Business Psychology (that was Andrew’s idea) and the development of our M3 Model.
The reason our model works is because it is not only grounded in business and psychology research but, it was also developed through direct experience with owners of businesses ranging from $5 Million to more than $1 Billion in annual revenue. And our insights are not just theoretical.
As husband and wife founders of both Orange Kiwi and Conveyance Solutions with a blended family of 6 adult and teenage children, we know that the office desk and the kitchen table blend together in ways that can be a source of both strength and weakness, joy and pain. With the second generation (G2) in the business, we know the struggles of balancing parental guidance and performance management.
In our second decade, it’s not just us anymore. Orange Kiwi is made up of a great team of people and our founding ethos is alive and well. We invite you to explore our site and get to know us a bit better. If you need personalized help, don’t hesitate to drop us a note or give us a call.
What’s with the name?
Allie grew up in Orange County, California and Andrew is a native New Zealander (commonly referred to as a Kiwi). Together we are Orange Kiwi.