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Decision Rights
Who has authority to commit capital, at what threshold, with what review?
20 years in the CFO chair. Six companies scaled from $10M to $150M. I've watched the same wall hit every time — and I've codified what gets through it.
Decision Architecture is the operating discipline most PE-backed mid-market companies don't have. I built it. I run it.
Decision Architecture
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Decision Logic
What assumptions drive the choice? What’s the downside? What are we walking away from by saying yes?
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Decision Review
When do we revisit? What makes a decision accountable to a future check-in?
Field Notes
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What separates a $50M platform from a $150M one.
It isn't the model. It's the operating cadence around the model — and who owns the trigger.
Decision Rights before org charts.
PE platforms don't fail at strategy. They fail at the seam between sponsor and operator.
The post-deployment review that nobody runs.
Capital was approved on a thesis. Six quarters later, who owns the verdict?