Books by Scott Kimball
Nine books and four playbooks on how a company gets built: structure first, stability second, direction third. They were written for founder-led companies at each moment before a deal, and they carry the same method the Integration Partner and Operating Partner seats install from inside the building. Every one ships instantly as a PDF from Gumroad. Four are also in Spanish.
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The books
The flagship · structure, stability, direction
Why two companies with the same earnings fetch different money, and the road from the company you run to the company you are worth. The doctrine behind every Scalewrights engagement, in one evening.
Alignment · the one-page plan
Getting everyone on the same page is a build, not a wish: the one-sheet plan a leadership team actually runs, and how the plan reaches the floor. The Direction gate, bound.
The family business · roles versus relatives
Scaling the family business without losing the family: roles versus relatives, money rules, succession as a plan rather than an event.
The exit · what a buyer actually pays for
You do not build a business to sell it. You build it so well that someone insists on buying it. What a buyer’s team prices in the first hour, and how to build toward it.
Past the raise · the company that runs without you
Everything still depends on you, and you can feel the ceiling. How a company learns to run a full week without its founder, and why a buyer pays more when it does. Twenty templates.
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Start · before the first production run
You are about to pay a co-packer deposit. Know your real cost per unit, what you keep at shelf, and what the agreement should say before the money leaves. Twelve templates.
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Raise · the seed round
The deck gets the meeting; the file gets the check. The twelve things investors verify and how to build each one, with one founder walked from the phone call to the wire. Fifteen templates.
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Raise · the next round
A fund is about to check whether the last eighteen months happened the way your deck says. The file that proves it, and the plan that prices the next round. Twenty-three templates.
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The category playbooks
All three category playbooks
CPG, RTD and functional energy in one volume, with the Founder’s Financial Model: formulation, margins, co-packers, distribution, the numbers by category.
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Category playbook
Worked economics for a packaged-goods brand, idea to exit.
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Category playbook
Ready-to-drink: the co-packer, the margin under a distributor, the cold chain.
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Category playbook
Functional energy: formulation, claims, the shelf and the numbers behind it.
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En español
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