Free Diagnostic · Eight Minutes

The Foundation Check.
Your Bedrock Score.

An honest read on what's working, what's not, and what it would take to get where you want to go. Built by operators who've sat across the table from owners contemplating exit, growth, and capital events. Reviewed by us personally before any follow-up reaches you.

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Who's behind this

Two operators who've actually done the work.

We built the Foundation Check because we kept meeting owners who hadn't been asked the right questions. Not a survey. Not a marketing funnel. A real read, prepared by people who've sat through the exits, capital raises, and operating cycles you're staring at.

Jared Luegers, CFA
Founder & Lead Operating Partner
Builder by instinct, operator by track record, investor by training. Led M&A and Midwest expansion at a $9B Indiana RIA. Has run operations through a $200M strategic sale and helped acquire a small Indiana operating company. Founder of OWN Indiana. From Jasper, Indiana.
Ryan Anoskey, CPA
Lead CFO Partner
Finance-first operator. 13+ years in transaction due diligence, valuation, audit, and corporate finance, including roles at Roche and Blue & Co. 100+ Quality of Earnings engagements and valuations delivered. The eyes-on review for every Foundation Check submission flagged for personal follow-up. From Evansville, Indiana.

What you'll receive

Your Bedrock Score across four dimensions, with the binding constraint named.

Most diagnostics give you a number and call it a day. We give you the number, the read on each dimension, the single sentence that names the biggest thing in your way, and a frank view on how a sophisticated buyer or capital partner would see this business today.

Sample · Anonymized
64
Solid
Well-run business. Specific levers remain that would move you to the next tier.
FINANCIAL OPERATIONAL READINESS STRATEGIC
Your binding constraint
"Your binding constraint is owner dependency. A sophisticated buyer will discount this business 20 to 30 percent for key-person risk based on what you described, and at this exit horizon you have time to engineer it out."

How it works

Eight minutes, four dimensions, one binding constraint named.

About 20 questions, adapted to your situation. Some are optional. Share what's comfortable. Your Bedrock Score, dimension reads, and the named binding constraint appear instantly on the next screen and arrive in your inbox as a PDF you can forward.

Then we read it. Personally. Jared and Ryan review every submission flagged for follow-up and reply with a tailored note within 24 hours. No drip funnels, no boilerplate, no cookie-cutter outputs.

Not a formal valuation. Not investment advice. Not for use in litigation, divorce, or tax filings. The Foundation Check is a directional self-assessment intended to surface the conversations worth having.

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