by Justin Maxwell | Jul 29, 2026 | Business Success, Exit Ready, General Financial, Generational, Interviews, Protection, Tax, Uncategorized
Your Product Is Not the PurchaseCustomer Analysis Changes Your StrategyThe Customer Analysis FrameworkBuild Around What Customers Value One of the most revealing conversations you can have about your business has nothing to do with your product. It starts with a...
by Justin Maxwell | Jul 28, 2026 | Business Success, Exit Ready, General Financial, Generational, Interviews, Protection, Tax, Uncategorized
Porter’s Five Forces: Is This a Market Worth Investing In?McKinsey’s 7S Framework: Can the Organization Deliver the Strategy?BCG Growth-Share Matrix: Where Should Capital Go?Competitive Analysis Frameworks Improve Decisions, Not Just Strategy There is no...
by Justin Maxwell | Jul 27, 2026 | Business Success, Exit Ready, General Financial, Generational, Interviews, Protection, Tax, Uncategorized
Market Sizing: The Test Most Founders Fail Before They Ever StartWe Don’t Have a Growth Problem. We Have an Assumption Problem.Market Sizing Begins with Three NumbersTotal Addressable Market (TAM)Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)The Number That Really...
by Justin Maxwell | Jul 24, 2026 | Business Success, Exit Ready, General Financial, Generational, Interviews, Protection, Tax
The ACE Framework: A Private Equity Strategy for Better Business DecisionsWhy This Private Equity Strategy Starts Before ExecutionAnalysis: Where Private Equity Strategy BeginsCapital: Turning Evidence Into Real ChoicesExecution: Converting the Decision Into a...
by Justin Maxwell | Jul 23, 2026 | Business Success, Exit Ready, General Financial, Generational, Interviews, Protection, Tax, Uncategorized
1. Good Strategy Is Focused2. Good Strategy Is Specific3. A Good Strategy Is Costed and Resourced4. Every Priority Must Be Owned5. Good Strategy Connects to the Investment Thesis6. Good Strategy Is Reviewed and UpdatedStrategy Requires Decisions Most strategic plans...
by Justin Maxwell | Jul 22, 2026 | Business Success, Exit Ready, General Financial, Generational, Interviews, Protection, Tax, Uncategorized
1. Everything is important2. Aspiration replaces evidence3. No trade-offs4. No ownership5. No measurement6. Hope replaces analysis7. The plan is never revisitedWhy Bad Strategy Can Still Produce Good Numbers Most strategic plans are built wrong before anyone starts...