Back 9

[B9]About Back 9

The front nine builds the business. The back nine builds the owner.

Back 9 is a capital group and a community for business owners who have done the hard part. You built something real. Now we help you run it, grow it, and eventually own it from a distance.

[01] The concept

In golf, the round is won on the back nine.

The front nine of ownership is survival. You make payroll, find customers, and learn every job in the building because no one else can do it yet. Most owners are good at the front nine. They had to be.

The back nine asks different questions. Can the business run without you? What is it worth? What happens to the money once it stops needing you? That second half decides how the whole round ends, and almost nobody gets coached on it.

[02] Why Antwann built it

He has seen business from every side of the table.

Antwann's experience spans banking, executive leadership, and business ownership. He moved from evaluating businesses to running them, helping grow an organization from under $1 million to more than $40 million in annual revenue. He has bought and sold companies of his own and bought, sold, and managed more than $250 million in real estate. Across multiple businesses, he has put structure, processes, and people behind a vision.

He also knows what it means to rebuild. Success taught him how to grow businesses. Adversity sharpened his understanding of what makes that work worth doing and who you need beside you when the plan changes.

Back 9 brings those lessons together. Antwann built it to help people define success for themselves and access the knowledge, relationships, and resources to pursue it. It reflects a belief he has lived: your experience can become the foundation for something greater.

Owners don't need another plan. They need a table, a team, and someone who has already played the back nine.

Antwann Richardson, founder

Antwann Richardson, founder of Back 9 Capital Group
$40M+
annual revenue, grown from under $1M
$250M+
in real estate sold, managed, and controlled

[03] Why owners moved fast

When the doors opened, owners didn't wait to be convinced.

The first tables filled from conversations, not campaigns. Owners heard it described once and recognized themselves. Three things kept coming up.

01

They were the bottleneck

"My business owns me" was the line we heard most. They wanted out of the middle of every decision.

02

They couldn't hire it all

No owner at $1M can put a CFO, a marketer, an operations lead, and an AI builder on payroll. They needed that talent without the overhead.

03

They were done with plans

Most had a binder from a consultant on a shelf. They wanted the work done, not described.

[04] A better model

Consultants hand you a plan. We sit at the table and work it with you.

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[05] The Roundtable

Nine disciplines. One talent pool. Your business at the center.

Most owners solve problems one hire or one vendor at a time. The Roundtable connects you to the Back 9 talent pool, and we bring whichever of the nine disciplines your business needs to the table. Your challenge decides who sits down.

Hiring it out yourself

  • Find, vet, and contract every specialist yourself
  • A new learning curve with every vendor
  • Each one sees only their piece of the business
  • You manage all of it, on top of running the company

The Roundtable

  • One membership, one vetted talent pool
  • Specialists who already know your business
  • All nine disciplines working from one diagnosis
  • Back 9 leadership keeps the work moving

The nine disciplines at your table

Lead the business

Strategy and leadership, financial performance and capital, talent and accountability.

Grow the revenue

Marketing and positioning, sales and pricing, customer experience and retention.

Build the asset

Operations and systems, AI and automation, business value and exit strategy.

See how the table works

[06] Built differently

Most firms get paid to stay. We get paid when you outgrow us.

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Make your back nine your best nine.

Eight short questions show you which room fits and why. If it feels wrong, a 15-minute call sorts it out.

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