86X Advisors
Built by an operator. Not a consultant.
Christopher spent ten years as a Five Guys franchisee in coastal Georgia and South Carolina — built 7 locations, sold to corporate in 2017. Then he bought Zunzi's at the end of 2014, expanded it, created Zunzibar, sold 17 franchises, raised $2.5MM, and sold his interest at the end of 2025.
He's lived every version of this business: building from nothing, franchising, raising capital, and knowing when to walk away. The restaurant business will take everything from you if you let it. That's not a warning from a textbook — it's his story.
86X Advisors runs on one idea: engagement is EBITDA. Give people what they actually want — not what you think they want, not what you want — and the numbers follow.
Most restaurant owners think they want to grow. Fewer know why, and fewer still know what they're actually willing to give up for it. That's the work.
How we work
Lead with love. Be a blessing. Give to grow.
Then, when it's time to push: be bold as a lion, turn it up, flip the tables.
Growing a relationship and transforming one require different moves — we know which one the moment calls for.
The 86X Playbook
Building your own branded 1X foundation — Vision, Mission, Promise, Values, 6 Stakeholders, and a real People / Operations / Financial / Growth plan. Your own version of the playbook Christopher built and ran his restaurant group on from $1M to $5.5M+ in sales.
What you get
- Leadership interviews + drafting + design
- Polished document you actually run the business on
- Vision, Mission, Promise, Values
- 6 Stakeholder framework mapped to your brand
- People / Operations / Financial / Growth plan
Investment
Timeline: 4–6 weeks. Can be purchased on its own, or paired with any tier below. Not a prerequisite — though it's the natural starting point if you have no foundation yet.
Three levels of partnership.
Decide
Owners who need to decide their direction — single-unit or early-stage.
- Monthly 90-min strategy call
- Async Slack / text access between sessions
- ~1 hour / week of your time
Commit
Owners who've decided their direction and are committing to executing it — growing, franchising, raising capital.
- Everything in Decide
- Biweekly 60-min calls
- Priority async access
- Quarterly operational review
- ~2–3 hours / week of your time
Succeed
Owners at an inflection point — scaling fast, raising, or selling. Capped at 2–3 clients at a time.
- Everything in Commit
- Weekly 1:1 calls
- Direct cell access
- Hands-on involvement in major decisions
- Support on raises, sales, and franchise structuring
- ~4–5 hours / week of your time
- Project-based pricing available for one-off engagements (sale prep, raises, etc.)
Prepay discount: 10% off any tier when you pay a quarter or a full year upfront.
Reach out with the situation you're working through.
We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and which tier fits.
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