Institutionalizing Innovation in Value Creation and Private Equity

The Disruption Column: Adding AI Exposure to the Investment Committee Memo ai disruption ai in pe ic memo risk underwriting value creation Oct 29, 2026

Investment committee memos have a stable anatomy. Thesis, market, competition, financials, management, value creation plan, risks, exit. The risk section has grown over the years by accretion. Cyclica...

Customer Concentration Theatre: How Diligence Reports Disguise the Real Risk customer concentration diligence revenue quality risk top customer underwriting value creation Aug 13, 2026

Customer concentration is one of the most universally measured risk metrics in private equity diligence. Every CIM addresses it. Every diligence report includes a chart of revenue by top customer. Eve...

Risk Story, Not Risk List: How to Turn Diligence into Conviction ai due diligence risk Oct 25, 2025

Most deals die not from a single fatal flaw but from the slow accumulation of unresolved concerns. Diligence becomes a museum of risks: cyber, churn, working capital, integration, leadershi

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The New War Room: How Geopolitical Chaos Rewrites Private Equity Strategy risk Aug 07, 2025

From supply chain warfare to regulatory fragmentation, geopolitical uncertainty forces private equity to evolve beyond financial metrics into strategic intelligence operations

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Rich People Drive Better, While the Poor Navigate Best entrepreneurship leadership risk venture capital Jan 01, 2025

Is there any truth to the claim that wealth influences driving skills—and what does this tell us about startups, entrepreneurship, and life's journey?

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