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Tech due diligence misses: a clean puzzle grid on the left vs. a tangled cluster of risk pieces — knowledge concentration, licensing risk, zombie code, maintenance burden, compliance gaps — being examined under a magnifying glass

What Standard Tech DD Misses

Six hours, a PDF, done. The checkbox approach to technical due diligence is leaving millions on the table. Here's what actually matters.

The new CTO's first 90 days: a winding path from the inheritance and the listening phase, through the map, to what you actually need

The New CTO's First 90 Days

You inherited a codebase, a team, and years of decisions you weren't part of. Here's how to get operational intelligence fast.

The Accelion engine: sources flowing through processing into deliverables

The Five Stories Framework

Why we don't deliver dashboards or scores. The origin of our approach to engineering intelligence.

Why CEOs don't trust their tech reports: CEO dashboard and private strategy data vs. fragmented raw technical data

Why CEOs Don't Trust Their Tech Reports

You ask "how's the tech?" and get reassurance or headcount requests. Neither tells you what you need to know. Here's why.

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