What does Scalewrights do?
We're a value-creation advisory firm. We help founders turn the value they've already built but aren't yet paid for into value the market can verify and price — so the company is ready to grow, raise, or sell at the top of its range. In practice, that means we measure what makes a company scalable across five capitals, close the risks a buyer would discount, and build the multiple.
What is the Scalability Quotient (SQ)?
The SQ is our diagnostic. It scores a company across the five capitals that actually drive its value — Financial, Operating, Relational, Human, and Intellectual (FORHI) — turning "we're doing well" into a precise map of what's ready to scale and what will crack under pressure. It's an indicative tool to guide strategy, not a formal valuation.
What is the Strike Gauge?
The Strike Gauge is our enterprise-value instrument. It sizes what your company is worth today, the "strike" (what it could be worth once re-rated), and the bridge between the two. It's directional — a tool to set a target and guide strategy, not a formal valuation or appraisal.
What is the Re-Rate 180?
A focused six-month sprint to make a company diligence-ready. We run the buyer's inspection on you first — across the numbers, corporate housekeeping, revenue, operations, people, and story — and close the gaps a buyer would discount, so the company that walks into a sale, raise, or next chapter is the strongest, most verifiable version of itself.
What are the "five capitals" / FORHI?
FORHI is our shorthand for the five kinds of capital a buyer inspects before paying a premium: Financial (clean, provable numbers), Operating (systems that run without you), Relational (durable, transferable relationships), Human (the right people and a real bench), and Intellectual (a sharp answer to "why you?" and captured know-how). Lasting scale is built across all five.
What is the cheapest way to start?
Free. Every stage has a five-minute readiness check — First Batch, Seed, Series A, Scale, Summit — that scores your file on the lines a stranger checks first and names the three pages to build. Then the book for that stage ($199–$499) with the live templates that do the arithmetic. Then, if you want it read, a flat-fee Review — $1,750 for my red pen on your file, in writing inside five business days, with two working sessions. The engagements start after that. The whole ladder is on one page.
How is a $1,750 Review different from the Scale Audit?
A Review reads one file — your first batch, your seed file, your Series A room, or your five capitals — and hands you the fixes to run yourself. The Scale Audit (from $10K) measures the whole company: the Scalability Quotient run across your leadership team, the buyer’s first hour on your own file, and a prioritized roadmap — and it is credited toward any engagement that follows. If you are not sure which, start with the Review; it tells us both whether the Audit is the right next step.
How do we start? What does an engagement look like?
Most engagements start with a Scale Audit — a focused diagnostic that measures your five capitals, sizes the value gap, and shows you exactly where your value is trapped and what it would take to release it. From there we scope the right next step, whether that's single-dimension work, a full install, or the six-month Re-Rate 180.
What does it cost?
Engagements start around $10K for a Scale Audit and scale with scope from there — deeper, single-dimension work and full installs are larger, multi-month engagements. We match the investment to the size of the opportunity, and you'll always know the number before we begin.
How long does it take?
It depends on scope. A Scale Audit is a matter of weeks. The Re-Rate 180 is, as the name says, a six-month sprint. Ongoing advisory ("Architect on Call") runs as long as it's useful.
Who will I actually work with?
You work directly with Dr. Scott Kimball and, depending on the work, one or more of our certified consultants — each with 15+ years of mastery in their capital, vetted to the Scalewrights standard. Behind every engagement sits a deep bench of advisors and specialists, and delivery and communication have a dedicated desk (jed@scalewrights.com) whose whole craft is making the method land and get adopted by your team.
Who is Scalewrights for?
Founder-led and closely held companies with something real already built — strong operators who sense their business is worth more than it's getting and want to close that gap deliberately, whether they're preparing to scale, raise, or eventually sell.
Do I have to be selling my company to work with you?
No. Many of our clients have no near-term plans to sell. They want a company that's more valuable, less dependent on the founder, and ready for whatever comes next. Building the value and being ready to sell are the same work — when you sell, if ever, is entirely your call.
What results can I expect?
The goal is a company that's measurably more valuable and more scalable: cleaner numbers, a team that runs without you, and a defensible, higher multiple. We won't promise a specific figure or outcome — every company and market is different. What we commit to is honest measurement, the real work of closing the gaps, and proof you can point to along the way.
Are you a business broker? Do you sell my company?
No. Scalewrights provides advisory services — we build the value and the readiness. We are not a business broker or securities dealer and don't provide brokerage or investment-advisory services. If and when a transaction happens, it's run with the appropriate licensed advisors and counsel.
Do you take equity? Are your fees tied to outcomes?
Our fees are flat and disclosed in advance — the same whether a raise or a sale closes or not. We never take a success fee on a capital raise, never accept payment for investor introductions, and never take transaction-based compensation; that is broker-dealer territory, and we don't stand in it. In rare long-term advisory relationships, equity can be part of a compensation arrangement — agreed in writing, structured with counsel, and never contingent on any transaction. Nothing about that is standard or assumed.
Is my information confidential?
Yes. What we see inside your business stays between us, governed by a confidentiality agreement. Discretion is the baseline of this work.