Dale Kurschner
Strategic finance advisor for high-stakes transitions
Dale helps Minnesota owners and CEOs through the moments that decide what their companies are worth: a cash crunch, a turnaround, a sale, a dispute or a public crisis. Over more than 30 years, he has worked at every level of an organization, from the front line to the top, and as an owner. He knows what it takes to gather input, analyze the numbers, develop strategic plans and get people at every level to understand those plans and act on them.
His career runs from business reporter and managing editor to manager of internal communications at Lawson Software, senior director of corporate communications at OptumHealth, editor in chief of Twin Cities Business and founder of Profits Journal, a financial research company he capitalized and took to profitability. See how that shapes our perspective →
Advising Owner-Led Companies
From 2018 to 2025, Dale was an executive consultant with Platinum Group, a Twin Cities advisory firm that has helped more than 1,400 owner-led companies through turnarounds, sales and transitions since 1982. He led financial analysis, turnarounds, sales and acquisitions, including a Chapter 11 sale that won Turnaround of the Year from the Turnaround Management Association’s Minnesota chapter. In 2025, he founded Kurschner Consulting to do that work independently. See the results →
Also
- —Publisher of Minnesota Business, which reports on business in every region of the state. Kurschner Consulting and Minnesota Business are run separately: nothing a client shares in confidence becomes a story.
- —Creator of One Take CEO Interviews, unedited conversations with Minnesota CEOs that began during COVID. Watch the interviews →
- —More than 50 talks, panels and events as speaker or moderator
- —Excelsior City Council, 2019 to 2022, and Planning Commission before that
How We Work
Numbers first
Every recommendation starts with what the financials show.
Your confidence is kept
All non-public client information stays private, and we never reveal client names without permission.
Straight answers
If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so in the first conversation and suggest who is.
Your team stays in place
Your CPA keeps the books. We build the forward-looking reports and strategy, and bring in specialists in accounting, marketing, legal, banking, HR and IT as the work requires. How we work with your accountant →