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The 2x4 Test (Does It Blow You Away?)
A great business hits you in the head with a 2x4 — usually because one input in the equation is free or anomalous.
Geography-First Acquisition Filter
Score market geography before evaluating any business-specific metrics in a service acquisition
Recurring Revenue Stability ScoreIn-depth
Quantify recurring vs. reoccurring revenue split before any acquisition decision
Pro Sports as a Risk-Adjusted Long-Hold (the PE Liquidity Flip)
Major-league franchises aren't trophies — they're a long-duration asset that beats stocks risk-adjusted, and private equity is now manufacturing the liquidity that was always missing.
Normalized Floor SDE Method
Underwrite variable-revenue businesses to their stabilized earnings floor, not peak years
Trade Like a Software Company
High margin, near-total cash conversion, zero capex — a royalty business should be valued like SaaS, not retail.
Interest as the Price of TimeIn-depth
Interest is crystallised impatience — the inescapable price tag on every transaction across time
Probability-Weighted Scenario OverlaysIn-depth
Layer correlated scenarios over a base model to price risk explicitly.
Present-Value Target PriceIn-depth
Sell when the stock hits today's fair value, not at a guessed future price.
Bottom-Up Valuation ModelIn-depth
Value a business line by line so forecast errors cancel instead of compound.
The Echo-Bubble FilterIn-depth
After every burst bubble, the next one rhymes — overpay and the story won't save you.
Discount-Rate Regime LensIn-depth
Read every asset class through the interest rate that prices it.
Fundamental Research SequenceIn-depth
Understand the business first, value it last.
Repeatable vs Non-Repeatable ReturnsIn-depth
Decompose past returns to set realistic forward expectations
Three-Pillar Bitcoin Valuation Model
BTC's addressable market is the sum of three independent mega-trends
Schrödinger Asset Valuation ModelIn-depth
Price high-uncertainty assets by probability-weighting their two extreme outcome narratives
Monetary Premium Capture ValuationIn-depth
Value any new monetary asset by sizing the savings premium it can absorb from incumbents
Volume-Price Alignment TestIn-depth
Confirm whether a market price reflects genuine value by checking volume correlation.
Price Discovery Quality ScorecardIn-depth
Assess whether a market's pricing mechanism is genuinely fair, robust, and representative
The Priestley-Carter Six Stage Entrepreneurial Journey Valuation Model
Navigate the six predictable stages of business growth from startup to unicorn while using valuation knowledge to make better decisions at each phase
The 24 Assets Framework
Build a valuable business by systematically developing assets across six critical categories
The Narrative-Number Valuation Bridge
Connect compelling stories to rigorous numbers to make better investment and business decisions
The Bermuda Triangle of Valuation
Three invisible forces that sabotage every valuation you will ever do
Exponential Business Value Framework
Achieve exponential growth
The Entrepreneurial Journey FrameworkIn-depth
6 stages of business growth
The Life Energy Valuation Framework
Value life in hours
The Two Things That Matter
Strip away the noise of a venture deal and you are left with exactly two levers: economics and control
Term Sheet AnatomyIn-depth
The eight-page document that determines your company's future comes down to economics and control
Partial Ownership Investment Framework
Investing in fractional interests
Economic Earnings Framework
Focus on economic reality
Intrinsic Business Value Framework
Estimate future cash output
Owner Earnings Framework
Valuing businesses with owner earnings
Look-Through Earnings Approach
Measure earnings through investees
Intrinsic Value Calculation
Calculate true business worth
Fundamental Analysis Framework
Understand company valuations
Net Present Value Framework
Evaluate future income
Intrinsic Value Assessment
Value investing
The Social Valuation Proximity Effect
What's near a choice reshapes its value in your brain without your awareness
The Four-Factor Valuation Model
Four determinants that establish what any stock is fundamentally worth
Firm-Foundation vs. Castle-in-the-Air Theory
Two competing theories of value: intrinsic worth versus crowd psychology
Value vs. Growth Investing Framework
Pay for what a company has earned, not for what it might earn someday
The Beer and Foam Mental Model
Separate real business value from short-term market noise to invest wisely
The Endowment Effect
Owning something instantly inflates its value far beyond what you would pay to acquire it