Category
Due Diligence
Technical due diligence insights — stack risk, integration debt, and post-close planning for PE and corp dev.
4 articles
Due Diligence · 8 min read
What PE Technical Due Diligence Should Cover Before Close
A practical PE/VC technical due diligence checklist — infrastructure risk, stack scalability, integration debt, and a clear path to post-close outcomes.
Due Diligence · 5 min read
CRM and ERP Data Quality in Technical Due Diligence
How duplicate accounts, conflicting catalogs, and integration error queues quietly break PE synergy models — and what to sample before close.
Due Diligence · 5 min read
Day-100 Tech Integration Plan After Acquisition
A practical hundred-day plan for identity, Salesforce, billing, and integrations — so diligence findings become operating reality.
Due Diligence · 5 min read
Key-Person Risk in Technical Due Diligence
How lone admins, founder-engineers, and evergreen contractors hide in diligence — and how to price retention, documentation, and replacement.
Due Diligence: articles and guidance
This category collects Foundation5 blog posts about due diligence. Each article reflects hands-on consulting experience — patterns observed across client engagements, common failure modes, and practical recommendations.
Use the PE checklist pattern: ranked risk, growth-thesis fit, and Day-100 workstreams — not logo inventories.
Browse posts above for depth on specific topics, or schedule a consultation if you want to apply these ideas to your stack and roadmap.
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