Actionable
Every piece ends in a tool: a checklist, a number, a decision rule.
Evidence-based
Grounded in the research on quality, valuation, and judgment.
Practice-tested
From operating work in real companies, not from a slide library.
Topics
The whole arc, from price to people.
Companies are numbers run by humans. The work covers both: the financial craft of valuing and buying well, and the leadership craft of building what you bought.
Valuation
Price a company with discipline: the range that holds.
Dealmaking
Sourcing, diligence, structuring, closing.
Integration
PMI and the first hundred days after the deal.
Value creation
The operator playbook, measured in the P&L.
Margin & cash
Find the leaks, release the cash.
Pricing
The fastest lever, and the one set once and left alone.
Decision-making
Where judgment fails under pressure, and what fixes it.
Leadership
Better leaders, better companies.
Governance
Boards, cadence, and accountability that fit the plan.
Exit readiness
Worth more, provably, by the time buyers look.
Every topic publishes to the newsletter first; the library moves in here piece by piece.
The Manual
Written in public. Shipped by email.
One working document for the whole arc of company value. Chapters go to subscribers first, free; the full manual compiles when the last chapter does.
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Applied
The same tools, hands on.
What you read here is what we run in the field. When a situation calls for more than reading, two doors are open.
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Consulting
Advisory for mid-market companies and corporates at the moments that determine value. The flagship is the Value Diagnostic: three weeks, fixed scope, fixed fee, and a plan you keep either way.
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The platform
Our proprietary intelligence platform for private markets — the analytical spine under everything published here.
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