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Value creation index

Diagnostic and ongoing measurement for an investment and advisory partnership (client under NDA)

One line from first look to return, measured the same way at every stage.

Origination: where deals start, then Intelligence: what we know, then Diligence: the diagnostic, then Measurement: ongoing, monthly, then Partners: act on value created
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The problem.

An investment and advisory partnership was running its business assessment on a chain of stitched-together tools. It worked as a form, but it could not benchmark a business, route it to the right partner, or measure it again later.

Without one consistent measure, nobody could say where value was being made or lost between the first look and the return.

What we built.

One engine in two stages. A free check-up scores a business against its peers and names the two areas that matter most. A full diagnostic goes deeper across the key measures, with AI findings that a person reviews before anything is delivered.

The first question is whether the owner is building for growth or for exit. The results give a score against peers, a 90-day plan and a value ledger: what each improvement is worth to EBITDA and to the multiple.

The weakest area routes to the partner best placed to fix it, and the business is rescored every quarter, with a portfolio view across every business measured.

How it runs.

  1. Check-up

    Scored against peers, two priorities named

  2. Diagnostic

    The key measures in depth, reviewed by a person

  3. Value ledger

    What each fix is worth to EBITDA and the multiple

  4. Measurement

    Rescored every quarter

  5. Partners

    Act on the value created

The index (demo data)
A scorecard: what leadership says, what the evidence shows, and the peer median
The index (demo data)
The value ledger: EBITDA movement, multiple uplift and enterprise value before and after
The index (demo data)
The 90-day plan: each fix tied to the measure it is meant to move
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What changed.

One line from first look to return, measured the same way at every stage.

The partnership moved from a chain of tools to its own engine, rebuilt and live within a week of the decision to rebuild it.

Where the human sits.

AI drafts the findings and the follow-ups. A person reviews every finding before it reaches a client, and nothing is sent automatically.

Benchmarks are shared only in aggregate, never business by business.

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