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Each file is built from the registry the matching page renders, so the paper and the screen cannot say different things. The line under each one names the page it works alongside.

Deal Box Worksheet (CSV)

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Twelve 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.

Who funds each path

Search Raise Checklist (CSV)

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Twelve things committed investors ask to see.

Who funds each path

CIM & Document Analysis Worksheet (CSV)

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Eleven CIM claims and the document that proves each.

Underwrite a Deal

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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Seven folders and forty documents, before the chase.

Request list source

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.

Where the file goes

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 shaped for a lender.

SBA Acquisition Calculator

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 write down before 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 at each stage, and the call sheet for the first conversation with an owner, are on Templates.