The final verdict: are you building an asset or a job?

We have mapped the 100-day Blitz. We have identified the EBITDA levers. Now we apply the scale.

This Scorecard is the final diagnostic. If you cannot check at least four of these boxes, your exit multiple is actively shrinking. In Private Equity, predictability is the only currency that matters.

The five questions

Is your founder dependency under 20 percent?

Can you verify margin integrity in real-time?

Is your supply chain near-shored and resilient?

Is your administrative boilerplate automated?

Is your data analysis evidence-based?

The verdict

If you checked fewer than four boxes, your exit is at risk.

I am opening two slots for a confidential Operational Audit in May. Reach out to secure a review.

By Michael Lennard Gnaedinger. © 2026 Gnaedinger Consultancy. All rights reserved.