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The market pays for proof, not promises

Hi there One quick thing before today’s stories. The Exit Mode Toolkit has moved to its full price of $250 but, as...

From Founder to CEO: Making the Transition

The founder-to-CEO transition is the hardest promotion you give yourself. Adam Graham on the three shifts that make it work...

Adoption is easy, advantage is earned

Hi there I keep coming back to one idea this Sunday: owning a thing and having an edge from it are not...

Negotiation Tactics for Founders Selling Their Business

How founders can negotiate the sale of their business and keep more of what they built: leverage, deal structure, walk-away power, and the tactics buyers already know...

Why Every Founder Should Think Like a Buyer

Thinking like a buyer is the quality standard that builds a more valuable, resilient, and sellable business, whether or not you ever sell...

Why predictable beats impressive every time

Hi there I have been thinking about a word buyers never say out loud but always pay for: predictable. The businesses that...

The deal window just swung open again

Hi there I have been watching the deal flow this month with the same feeling I get when the tide turns. After...

The 3-minute test every owner should take

Hi there Before we get into this week’s reading, a quick personal note: I am opening up a very limited number of...

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Financial Modelling

A founder’s plain-English guide to financial modelling: not an accounting chore but a tool for thinking. Build it on drivers, find the levers that matter, model the downside, and keep it alive...