415 Group

“That doesn’t mean you have to know everything, but you have to understand how to find the answers. 415 Group can do that.”

“They can see something in the numbers and relate that to a problem you’d only find in construction: a delay in a job, or a compression in a job, or some retainage that didn’t get released, or retainage that shouldn’t be retainage,”

“We work on really cool things, but there are a lot of moving parts. 415 Group understands how these parts move — and how each one can affect different items in your financial statements. This is not your normal number-crunching.”

“We made the decision to link arms with 415 Group.”

“415 Group was just there in an advisory role, but they were the ones who kept bringing us the good ideas,”

“Accounting in the construction industry is extremely unique and complex — it involves things that are not found in other industries. So you can’t be a generalist and provide value to a contractor like us. You need to be an expert. And that’s why we’re with 415 Group.”

“Their people have been business owners and entrepreneurs themselves. They think like me. They talk bottom line. It’s one of the greatest advantages I’ve personally gotten from Combi’s partnership with 415 Group,”

“For the first time, I could see just how much frustration all of my employees had been having.”

“Once 415 Group came on board, this whole issue of dealing with the IT support area just went away for me.”

“My management team looked at the ROI for the higher level of service and we thought it was very affordable.”

“As a CEO, the last thing I wanted to hear is that our servers are down, or that somebody can't get their email, or send a PDF. Those are nuisance issues. I hired 415 Group to take IT off my plate and make my pain go away. They did, and that's been a lifesaver.”

“My management team looked at the ROI for the higher level of service and we thought it was very affordable. After learning the credentials of the people who’d be on the Combi team, I came to terms with not having an IT person on staff anymore — and have not looked back. Once 415 Group came on board, this whole issue of dealing with the IT support area just went away for me.”

“As a CEO, the last thing I want to hear is that our servers are down, or that somebody can't get their email, or send a PDF. Those are nuisance issues. I hired 415 Group to take IT off my plate and make my pain go away. They did, and that's been a lifesaver.”

““It was in our best interest, and ultimately in the best interest of our donors, who we serve, to partner with 415 Group,” said Livengood. “With their help, we can continue to focus solely on our mission.””

““One of the intrinsic values 415 Group has been able to bring to Stark Community Foundation is in the area of cyber security,” said Livengood. “As the community’s trusted partner in giving and with assets approaching $300 million, it is critical that Stark Community Foundation keeps cyber security at the forefront of our organization. 415 Group has been instrumental in keeping us protected from malware, spam and cyber intruders and ensuring we are employing best practices in the area of IT security.””

““It freed up resources, and it brought peace of mind for a lot of people,” said Livengood. “We recognized that our team’s time needed to be focused more on our mission, not IT. It didn’t make sense to keep investing resources in that area, when we knew 415 Group is more than capable.””

““We really see 415 Group as an extension of our staff,” said Livengood. “They’re always available. They respond to our needs quickly.””

““Spend time with their senior accountants and ask the hard questions—you’ll find it’s a pretty good fit for your company.””

““They understand our business, our goals, and they support us in a lot of different ways,””

““It’s so nice having them local. You can jump in the car and be there in five minutes,””

““It was a tough process, but they did a great job helping us through it.””

““They were very proficient and spot on with their recommendations,””

““They’ve been helping us for a lot of years and continue to do a great job,””

““We ended up completing the sale for exactly what we wanted.””

““415 Group was able to help us present our financials in a way that allowed us to get a very needed bank loan to buy out prior ownership, and secondly to get our eventual acquirer comfortable in that our asking price was warranted,””