Suggested questions

1What specific moments during the New Access journey convinced you that exits needed to be treated as engineered projects rather than outcomes of luck?

2Can you walk us through the APEX methodology step-by-step and give a concrete example of an assessment that flipped a company’s sellability?

3How did the staged, $100M+ sale of New Access change your view of private equity partnerships and the timeline founders should expect?

4What are the most common operational fixes you implement to remove founder dependency, and which one typically produces the biggest valuation uplift?

5How do you decide whether a founder should join a mastermind versus move into one-to-one advisory with KnightScale Partners?

6When you create an exit roadmap, what are the first three metrics you assess to determine a business’s readiness for PE due diligence?

7Tell us about a time you diagnosed a company’s single biggest barrier in minutes—what did you see and how did you prioritize fixes?

8How do you counsel founders who have an emotional attachment to control but need to prepare the company for sale to professional buyers?

9What tactical staging strategies do you recommend for founders who want to sell in phases rather than a single transaction?

10With your forthcoming second book and KnightScale Partners’ team approach, how has your role shifted and what should founders expect differently from your advisory today?