Why your 100-day plan is likely wrong (and how to actually hit that 5X multiple)

How many of you spent months in Due Diligence feeling like you knew exactly where the value levers were, only to take the keys on Day 1 and find out the "minor bottleneck" was actually a structural house of cards? It is the most common story in the search fund world. You think you bought a growth opportunity, but you actually bought a firefighting department. This is the primary reason companies fail to scale: the leadership is so busy "saving the day" that they never build the machine that runs itself. If you want the 5X or 10X multiples, you have to stop solving the same problems twice. You have to move the operation into Pilot Mode. Before you pour more capital into "better people" or "new software," you need a true diagnostic. I have spent 17 years in turnarounds, and I can tell you that the answer is rarely a lack of investment. It is a lack of understanding of the true root cause. In my book, Lead with Clarity in Chaos, I break down the FOCUS framework I use to architect Execution Engines that actually scale: Find: Locate where the profit is actually leaking. Observe: Watch the work, not the reports. Reports lie; the floor tells the truth. Clarify: Define the gap between the current mess and the strategic Direction. Uncover: Dig until you find the root cause (not just the surface symptom). Solve: Only now do you build the system. According to McKinsey, 70% of organizational transformations fail. Only 5% achieve those legendary 3X to 10X results. The 5% are the ones who stop firefighting and start architecting. You aren't the only one finding "surprises" post-close. But you can be one of the few who turns those surprises into a repeatable system for value creation. Just gave you the answer. You are welcome! lol Some resources available for you to download: https://masterofops-alfonso.systeme.io/master-of-ops-academy