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Why Borrowing Your Portfolio CTO for Diligence Is the Most Expensive Cheap Option in PE
Drafting the CTO—or worse, the senior architect team—from an existing portfolio company to vet a new acquisition looks thrifty on paper....
mdoody0
2 days ago3 min read
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Boardroom Fire Drill: A CEO’s 90‑Day Blueprint for Re‑Igniting a Stalling Product
Only 3‑in‑10 software projects land on time and on budget, and nearly 70 % of digital‑transformation programmes fall short of their...
mdoody0
2 days ago2 min read
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AI or Smoke‑and‑Mirrors? Spotting False AI Claims Before You Sign the LOI
Why “AI‑washing” is the newest valuation trap The AI gold‑rush has arrived—but so has AI‑washing. Gartner flagged more than 1,000 vendors...
mdoody0
4 days ago2 min read
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Tech Blind Spots at the Letter of Intent (LOI) Stage; And How a Red Flag Scan Keeps Them from Torpedoing Your Deal
The silent killer of great valuations If you’ve ever sat in an Investment Committee meeting and heard the words “We’ll firm up the tech...
mdoody0
4 days ago3 min read
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Culture Clash 2.0: How Misaligned Engineering Cultures Fuel Post‑Deal Failures
Integration failures aren’t always about systems—they’re about people. When two engineering teams with clashing norms, methodologies and...
mdoody0
5 days ago2 min read
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Synergy Obsession vs. Orchestration Reality: Why M&A Automation Engines Often Fail
Boards love synergy estimates—“£2 million in IT cost savings.” But without a realistic orchestration roadmap, those numbers evaporate as...
mdoody0
5 days ago1 min read
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Bombshells After Close: When Critical Security Gaps Emerge Weeks Later
You thought the target’s environment was locked down—firewalls, EDR, MFA. Yet weeks after closing, your SOC console lights up with...
mdoody0
5 days ago1 min read
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Hidden Minefields: Tech Debt Lurking in Legacy Code
Legacy code isn’t just an operational drag—it’s a liability. Unsupported frameworks, undocumented customizations and brittle integrations...
mdoody0
5 days ago1 min read
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The CapEx Time‑Bomb: Uncovering Years of Underinvestment Buried in the Balance Sheet
Balance sheets often hide a ticking CapEx time‑bomb—deferred spending on server refreshes, network upgrades and security tooling that...
mdoody0
5 days ago1 min read
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Beyond the Due‑Diligence Checklist: Why Standard Tech Assessments Leave You Exposed
Private equity firms lean hard on standardized due‑diligence checklists—security scans, infrastructure inventories, vendor...
mdoody0
5 days ago2 min read
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Advantages of an Interim CTO over a Full-Time CTO
In the fast-paced environments of Private Equity (PE) companies and high-growth SMBs, the need for agile decision-making and rapid...
mdoody0
5 days ago4 min read
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