Find the stage where
your company is stuck.
Four questions identify your stage and its binding constraint. Nine more show which functions are holding you there. Takes two minutes. Every line is drawn directly from The Scaling Ladder.
Answer all four to continue.
Wording: The Scaling Ladder, Exhibit 2 and Chapter 8. Stage names and headcount bands follow published industry scaling models.
Which sentence sounds more like your company?
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What a buyer reads from it
Published benchmarks on revenue multiples (SEG, public, 2024–2025), from The Scaling Ladder, Chapter 5. Each applies on its own; they are not added together.
Next
- Run the three-pile audit on the last 90 days of engineering work. It takes an afternoon: download the worksheet (Excel) or the printable version.
- See what the gap is worth on your revenue with the delivery discount estimator.
- Bring both to a Two-Week Read (no fee).
Work on the rung you are on, not the one you are aiming at. — The Scaling Ladder, Chapter 8
A general self-assessment based on The Scaling Ladder. It reflects your answers only and is not a professional assessment of your company. Full terms.