TAKE CONTROLOwn Your Business, Don’t Let It Own You.
ARE YOU...Feeling like you repeat every work morning like it was yesterday and it is draining your energy and you feel like you are starting over every day?
Stuck in the driver's seat, always making every decision and feel like you are the only one who cares about your team, organization or business?
Considering selling or exiting your business but don't know what steps to take or where to turn?
Convinced that there is a next level and want help to get there?
Do you feel alone, always making decisions with little or no input?
Swamped with too many projects that drain your time and energy?
The path from struggle to success isn’t as far as you think. Build a business that works for you with a proven framework designed to deliver results and restore your confidence.
Gain clarity on where your business stands—and where it’s headed. Take a 25-question assessment designed to give you a clear picture of your progress and receive a practical scorecard.
Meet Clay
Clay Reale founded Reale Business Advisors to help entrepreneurs and leadership teams escape the daily grind and lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. With over 30 years of experience spanning startups, banking, consulting, and successful exits, Clay equips business leaders to own their business—rather than the business owning them. His approach is relational, immersive, and hands-on, walking alongside teams to build real habits and systems that drive sustainable growth.
Clay’s background includes founding, scaling, and exiting high-growth companies, including an 8x revenue expansion with a 30x valuation in fire protection services. He’s worked across industries like banking, healthcare, construction, and distribution—leading teams from 10 to 200+ and building both culture and cash flow. He holds an MBA from Wake Forest, studied at Oxford, completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, and mentors growth-stage founders through Entrepreneurs Organization.
At the heart of Clay’s work is his Christian faith and belief that business is a calling—an opportunity to serve others, use your gifts, and build lasting impact. Using the Pinnacle Business Operating System™, Clay offers a proven yet flexible alternative to rigid frameworks like EOS®, tailoring tools and rhythms to your business. Based in Charlotte, NC, he shares life with his wife, Naomi, their two sons, and finds inspiration in the mountains, the beach, and traveling with family.
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"Working with Reale Business Advisors was an incredible experience from start to finish. Their team was knowledgeable, responsive, and truly cared about helping us reach our goals. We couldn’t be happier with the outcome!"
— Jordan M., Small Business Owner
