Before You Sign an AI Partnership, Demand This Scorecard
A strategic AI partnership is access, not value creation. Use the Portfolio Partnership Scorecard to test deployment, EBITDA evidence and exit readiness before you sign.
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The Prototype Took 48 Hours. The Production Obligation Lasts Five Years.
AI makes software fast to build, not free to operate. Use the Production Admission Manifest to decide what to admit, constrain or retire in 30 days.
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The Only AI Productivity Benchmark That Matters
Measure whether AI-assisted professional work is cheaper to verify than to restart with a trusted baseline using a 30-day Review-or-Restart Benchmark.
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Your CAC Dashboard Cannot See the Confidence Gap
Your CAC dashboard shows where deals slow down, but not which buyer claim stopped being believable. Use the Confidence-Friction Trace to reach proof in 30 days.
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Your Agency Needs an AI Delivery Cost Ledger, Not a Token Cap
Token caps control exposure, not margin. Build an AI Delivery Cost Ledger that measures the full cost and quality of every accepted client deliverable.
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The Best Exit-Readiness KPI Is How Fast You Answer a Buyer
A populated data room is not exit readiness. Use the Diligence Response Clock to prove how fast a portfolio company can answer a buyer with traceable evidence.
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If Your Coding Agent Owns the Repo, Rehearse the Exit
Your code may be portable while your delivery system is not. Use the five-layer Repository Exit Drill to prove a clean-room release in 30 days.
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Cheap Tokens Do Not Make Legal Work Cheap
Token cost is not the unit economics of legal AI. Measure preparation, expert review, exceptions, realization and margin at the accepted deliverable.
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Before More Pipeline, Build a Retention Intervention Queue
A practical B2B SaaS framework that turns product, support, billing and CRM signals into prioritized retention actions, accepted outcomes and stronger NRR.
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AI Makes Bad Pitches Cheaper. Build the Bid Gate First.
AI makes proposals cheaper, not senior attention. Build an Opportunity-Cost Bid Gate to protect agency margin and prove better decisions in 30 days.
