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Business Consulting & M&A Advisory in Central Texas

Strategy, Systems & Leadership Coaching for Business Owners Ready to Grow, Scale, or Exit

Darwin Tanksley brings 20+ years of real operator experience — scaling companies, building teams, and navigating acquisitions across Central Texas and beyond. Whether you're stuck, scaling, or planning your exit, you're in the right place.

Ascend Empowerment Group — founded in Pflugerville, TX. We work with business owners across Central Texas and beyond who are ready to build stronger companies, develop elite teams, and create real exit value. Strategy. Systems. Leadership. Results.
Darwin Tanksley, CEO of Ascend Empowerment Group, business consultant and leadership coach in Pflugerville TX

Trusted. Proven. Built Different.

Darwin Tanksley is a nationally recognized business strategist, consultant, and M&A advisor with over 20 years of real-world experience building, scaling, and successfully exiting companies across multiple industries.

Named 2023 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce and a 2-Time Carrier President's Award winner, Darwin has led organizations through 20+ acquisitions, built multi-million dollar operations, and coached business owners across the country to break through the barriers that keep most companies stuck.

This is not theory. This is tested, proven strategy from someone who has built it, bought it, sold it, and can show you how.

Service Built To Move Business

Resources to Help You Grow

Ascend Empowerment Group mission statement - empowering entrepreneurs and business owners in Central Texas with faith-rooted strategy and leadership
Ascend Empowerment Group — Pflugerville, TX

CLIENT EXPERIENCES

Here is what our clients say about their transformation with Ascend.

Darwin and his team at Ascend Empowerment Group stand alone when I compare my experiences working with him to others. And quite frankly, they just don't compare. It takes deep rooted and first hand experiences as a business owner to relate to that of the challenges that other businesses face when trying to grow their companies. Darwin has that and some.

Chad M. 

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