What Founders Get Wrong About Being Needed
Founder dependency feels like value from the inside. Where the idea came from, why being needed misleads, and what to change in your 2027 plan.
How the Company Runs When You’re Not in the Room
Most 2027 plans name priorities, not the second in command who carries them. What the role really means, what it costs, and what it protects.
Private Equity Buys Talent. Founders Should Build It.
A report landed this month that every founder should read. Even the ones with no intention of ever selling. Altrata studied more than 11,500 portfolio companies and 60,000 executives. One finding is quiet on the page. Still, it changes the math for anyone building a company. Private equity now fills 74% of portfolio-company leadership roles […]
Succession Planning is a Valuation Problem, Not an HR Problem.
What investors, boards, and buyers see in your succession plan — and what they don’t see when one is missing. Five years ago, succession planning was a quiet item on the back of the board agenda. Today succession planning is one of the first questions in investor diligence. In February 2026, Deloitte Private released the […]
The Succession Conversation You Should Have Already Started
Most founders think succession planning is something you do at the end. Before the exit. Before the transition. Before the investor asks. It gets filed under important but not urgent—right up until it becomes both. And for most founders, that moment arrives too late. In other words, if you are waiting until the conversation is […]