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The 100-Day Integration Checklist for Founder-Led Acquisitions
What to do — and what not to do — in the first 100 days after acquiring a founder-led business. Built specifically for founder-led businesses under $20M EBITDA — not the institutional playbook applied to the wrong kind of company.
- ✓Map the real org chart before changing the official one
- ✓Why to offer the founder 1–2 weeks off before integration begins
- ✓The alternative cost framework — the question nobody asks
- ✓Warning signs dashboard: founder and key employee disengagement
- ✓Days 1–30 / 31–60 / 61–100 action checklists
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Hiring and Handing Over: How to Bring In a CEO Without Breaking a Founder-Led Business
An executive summary for acquirers on replacing a founder-operator with professional leadership — how to hire for the job, design the handover, and get through the first year without losing what made the business worth buying.
- ✓A framework for measuring founder dependency before you hire
- ✓What to actually look for in a hired CEO candidate
- ✓The four elements a handover plan has to specify before day one
- ✓The three things that break first in the new CEO's first year
- ✓A one-page playbook checklist you can hand to your deal team
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