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The Lauda Line: Case Study
How a Calculating Owner Refused to Race Above the Risk
15 hrs ago
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Mathematics of Risk Destruction
Why Small Premiums Vaporize Millions
Jul 16
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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Canada Builds Startups, America Buys Them
Canada is brilliant at starting companies and terrible at keeping them. In 2026 domestic growth capital collapsed to a single deal, and BDC now calls…
Jul 15
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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Your Next Investor Is Going Extinct
The emerging managers who write the first checks into non-AI startups are being defunded. In 2026, 91 percent of new LP money went to brand-name firms…
Jul 14
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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Risk is a Four Letter Word: Assessment
WTF: What The Fuss is all about?
Jul 11
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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The Stewart Method
How One Owner Priced His Own Risk Before Buyers Could
Jul 10
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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Risk Is the Four Letter
Your required rate of return, not your revenue, decides your multiple, learn the three risk ingredients that quietly cook every business valuation.
Jul 9
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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What Happens When AI Copies You?
In 2026, every non-AI founder faces a brutal new diligence question: what happens when AI does what you do? AI-native startups command up to a 41…
Jul 8
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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When the Team Walks, Equity Dies
Traditional equity offers zero protection when your people walk out the door. In 2026, reverse acquihires prove it, whole companies gutted, investors…
Jul 7
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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Armstrong Aerostructures: Assessment
Frenzy: 52 Weeks to Premium
Jul 4
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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The Armstrong Aerostructures Frenzy: Case Study
52 Weeks to a Premium
Jul 3
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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The Bidding War Blueprint: Create a Feeding Frenzy
A 52 week, phase by phase plan to orchestrate competing buyers, manufacture urgency, and sell solutions instead of assets for a premium exit.
Jul 2
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Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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