Sprints
Two sprints. One reads the company — one reads the whole deal.
Same engine, same five lenses, same desks. What changes is what you point them at — and how far the read goes. Makes sense, doesn’t it?
The two sprints
Point it at one company. Or at the transaction around it.
You’ve probably got one in mind already, haven’t you?
Who you’re dealing with.
Point it at one entity — a target, a partner, a supplier, an acquirer, a counterparty.
“Who — and what — am I really dealing with?”
- The five lenses, cross-read across a single company at once
- The people behind it, the structure beneath it, the record around it
- What was hidden, what was softened, what was never said
For when you’re sizing up a single name before you let it onto your desk.
What it means for your transaction.
Everything a Company Sprint reads — plus the consequence map.
Point it at the whole transaction — the parties, the structure, the terms you’re weighing.
“What does the exposure mean for the deal I’m actually doing?”
- The connected read on every party to the deal
- Consequence mapping — what each finding may affect: valuation, structure, financing, integration
- The questions to take into the room — and what to listen for in the answers
For when it’s a live deal, and real capital, reputation and time are on the line.
Both run the same five lenses and the same desks — People · Financial · Structural · Regulatory · Political — cross-read together, then held against the company, or against your deal. And here’s the part most people miss. The People lens runs inside both: it delivers the who.
Which one
Not sure which one? Start with a conversation.
I’d wager you already know what you’re weighing. Tell us what you’re weighing — a single name, or a live transaction — and we’ll tell you straight which sprint fits, and what it would (and wouldn’t) surface for it. A sprint is where most clients start; standing access is where many of them end up. No pitch. No cost.