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Where a page shows the same list, the file is built from the registry that page renders, so the paper and the screen say the same thing. The line under each one names the page it works alongside.

Deal Box Worksheet (CSV)

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Your criteria with target and walk-away columns.

Stage 2: Define & Test Your Thesis

Searcher Pitch Outline (CSV)

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The raise deck, page by page, as investors read it.

Search Fund Deck Worksheet

Search Raise Checklist (CSV)

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What committed investors ask to see before funding.

Who funds each path

CIM & Document Analysis Worksheet (CSV)

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Each CIM claim and the document that proves it.

CIM & Document Analysis

Due Diligence Checklist (PDF)

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Every diligence workstream, printable.

Working version

Due Diligence Checklist (CSV)

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Every workstream as a spreadsheet you can assign.

Working version

Document Request List (CSV)

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The post-LOI request list, ready to send as is.

Request list source

Data Room Structure (CSV)

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The room's folders and documents, before the chase.

Track what came back

Personal Financial Statement Worksheet (CSV)

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SBA Form 413, in private, before a lender asks.

The loan file it belongs to

Borrower Information Worksheet (SBA Form 1919)

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The character questions, answered in advance.

Check eligibility first

Management Case Worksheet

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Who runs each part of this business after closing.

The decline it answers

Sources & Uses Worksheet (CSV)

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Both sides of the page, with the injection test.

Sources & Uses Builder

Funds-Flow Worksheet (CSV)

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Every closing wire in order, verified by phone.

Closing-day checklist

Financial Projection Template (CSV)

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A three-year projection to fill in by hand.

Acquisition Projections Builder

90-Day Syllabus Checklist (CSV)

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The whole curriculum on paper, with a Done column.

90-Day Syllabus

First SOPs Worksheet (CSV)

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The processes to start writing down by day 60.

The plan that sets the task

First 100 Days Checklist (CSV)

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Every action of the transition, phase by phase.

First 100 Days

The Words That Go With Them

These are the files. The emails a searcher sends when a listing is worth writing about, and the call sheet for the first conversation with an owner, are on Sourcing & Screening Templates, and every other stage has its own set behind that stage's door.