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Re: When the client rejects your recommendation on Day 1 of the readout
We had the same situation in a pharma carve-out last spring. The sponsor had already pre-sold the conclusion to the board before we even ran the financials. What worked for us was...
Updated MECE tree for SaaS GTM — now includes PLG vs. SLG branching
Posted the v3 deck in the resource vault. Key change: I've separated the PLG motion from SLG at the top-level branch rather than treating them as sub-nodes of distribution. The rationale...
Feedback request: PE client wants 40 slides compressed to 8 for board
Sharing the current deck structure (anonymized). The challenge is the operating model section — it needs three scenarios but the partner wants a single recommendation on one slide. How do you...
The $2B acquisition that almost died because of a VLOOKUP
Not kidding. The synergy model had a circular reference in the cost-to-achieve tab that nobody caught until 11 PM the night before the board vote. Here's what we did, and what I build into every model now...
Commercial DD checklist for B2B SaaS — what are you tracking in 2026?
Running my third SaaS DD this year and the churn cohort analysis has been the most predictive signal by far. NRR alone is misleading if you don't segment by acquisition vintage. My current template...
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