Turn a founder-dependent company into atransferable, scalable asset.
For established founders preparing to grow, raise capital, step back or sell — without the knowledge, relationships and delivery capability leaving with them.
Free assessment · Immediate insight · No obligation
Built for founder-led technology, consulting, engineering, professional-services and specialist B2B businesses with valuable expertise that has not yet become fully transferable enterprise value.
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Enterprise Value Outcomes
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Diagnostic Questions
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Valuation Killers
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Valuation Multipliers
Discover the diamond in your business. The High Valuation Code™ is an Enterprise Value Architecture for founder-led businesses: identify, codify, protect, commercialise and transfer the value that already exists in your expertise, relationships, processes, know-how and systems.
A successful business can still be a fragile asset.
If knowledge, relationships, decisions and delivery remain dependent on the founder, buyers and investors see risk — even when revenue and profit look healthy.
Chief operatorDecision bottleneckSales engineKnowledge repositoryEmergency service
Knowledge trapped in the founder
The judgement behind excellent work has never been captured, so it cannot be taught, audited, automated or transferred.
Decision bottlenecks
Work waits for the founder. Growth remains limited by one person’s calendar.
Inconsistent delivery
Outcomes vary by person, creating rework, escalation and risk.
Relationships owned by individuals
Customers and partners trust particular people rather than the institution.
AI applied to undocumented work
Automation scales inconsistency when the underlying expertise and decisions have not been codified.
If the value leaves when you leave, you do not fully own the value yet.
Buying moments
When founders use the High Valuation Code
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Before raising capital
Investors price risk. Documented capability and clear ownership of intangible assets change the conversation.
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Before succession
A successor can only inherit what has been written down, structured and handed over.
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Before an exit
Buyers discount businesses where the knowledge and relationships walk out with the founder.
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When growth has plateaued
The ceiling is usually founder capacity, not market demand.
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When building a leadership team
Delegation only works once decisions, standards and judgement exist outside one head.
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Before scaling with AI
AI amplifies whatever it is given. Codified expertise first, automation second.
The three gaps
Value is usually lost in one of three places.
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Predictability
Can the business produce reliable outcomes?
Consistent delivery, forecastable revenue and results that do not depend on who happens to be on the job.
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Transferability
Can value move beyond the founder?
Knowledge, relationships and decisions held by the company rather than by one person.
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Scalability
Can the business grow without proportionally increasing founder time and complexity?
Capacity that expands through systems and people, not through longer founder hours.
The HVC sequence
Five moves that shift value from the founder to the business.
Founder-held valueTransferable business value
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Identify
Map the expertise, relationships, processes, assets and opportunities that actually create value in the business — including the ones nobody has named yet.
Transferable value
Moving value out of the founder and into the business.
Transferable value is value that sits in the company’s systems, people, processes, governance, intellectual assets and revenue model — so the business becomes more predictable, transferable and scalable.
Founder-held value
Expertise in one head
Relationships owned personally
Decisions that wait for you
Processes that live in habit
Know-how never written down
Transferable business value
Systems that run without you
People with real authority
Documented processes
Governance and controls
Intellectual assets and revenue model
The High Valuation Code is an Enterprise Value Architecture and transformation process for founder-led businesses. Nothing is invented: the work is making what you already do repeatable, ownable and transferable.
The journey
Four steps from assessment to execution.
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Take the High Valuation Score
A structured assessment across the drivers of predictability, transferability and scalability.
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Receive your initial value-gap insight
See where value is trapped, exposed or dependent on the founder.
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Complete the Enterprise Value Diagnostic
A deeper, paid review of knowledge, intellectual property, leadership, delivery, revenue quality, commercial model, financial intelligence and AI readiness.
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Enter a 28-day or 49-day execution programme
Turn priority findings into documented, protected and transferable capability.
What you receive
Depending on the programme, outputs may include:
Founder-dependency map
Enterprise-value risk and opportunity report
Intellectual-capital and IP map
Revenue-quality and predictability review
Leadership and succession-gap analysis
Transferable operating playbook
AI-readiness and knowledge-capture priorities
Prioritised 90-day enterprise-value roadmap
The High Valuation Score is the entry point. It is not a formal valuation report, and it is not a wealth-management product.
A specialist technology company with strong intellectual value but only $1.5m in annual revenue.
Intervention
Restructured the investment proposition around intangible assets, commercial potential and scalable enterprise value.
Reported outcome
$30m valuation and $7m raised on $1.5m in annual revenue.
Specific to this business and its circumstances. Not a guarantee of a similar result.
Consulting practice
Valuation from $130,000 to $500,000
Starting position
Valuable founder-held expertise with limited transferability.
Intervention
Captured and codified the knowledge into operating systems and productised offers.
Reported outcome
Valuation increased from $130,000 to $500,000 and new revenue streams were created from existing expertise.
Specific to this business and its circumstances. Not a guarantee of a similar result.
Engineering business
Recurring revenue from 5% to 32%
Starting position
Revenue concentrated in less predictable project work, with recurring revenue at 5%.
Intervention
Redesigned the revenue mix around repeatable delivery and additional revenue streams.
Reported outcome
Recurring revenue increased from 5% to 32%, with two additional revenue streams introduced.
Specific to this business and its circumstances. Not a guarantee of a similar result.
Solopreneurs
Recurring revenue from 0% to 35%
Starting position
Personal expertise created income but remained difficult to transfer.
Intervention
Converted knowledge into repeatable offers and recurring revenue.
Reported outcome
Recurring revenue increased from 0% to 35%, with new revenue streams created from existing know-how.
Specific to this business and its circumstances. Not a guarantee of a similar result.
These outcomes were reported by individual businesses and arose in their specific circumstances. They are not predictions, projections or guarantees of future valuation, funding or commercial performance.
Recommendations
Colleagues and collaborators on working with Matteo.
“It’s rare to find someone who balances deep technical expertise with the ability to make the complex easy to understand.”
Marguerite BolzePartner and Transformation Lead
“What stands out isn’t just his clarity of thought, but the depth behind it.”
Nishika VermaWorked with Matteo on his LinkedIn presence and Fail. Pivot. Scale.
Published professional recommendations from Matteo’s LinkedIn profile. They describe working with Matteo personally and are not an endorsement of a particular commercial outcome.
Book authority
What founders and leaders say about Fail. Pivot. Scale.
5.0/5 · 21 global Amazon ratings
Readers describe it as practical and immediately applicable, grounded in real transactions and CFO/M&A experience, and useful for founders, executives and boards — particularly on the difference between revenue growth and enterprise value, intellectual property, succession and building transferable value rather than growth at all costs.
These are reader reviews of the book on Amazon. They are not client testimonials, and they are not an endorsement of the High Valuation Code by Amazon or by any reviewer’s employer.
The intangible economy
50 years of economic inversion.What will the next 50 years look like?
1975S&P 500 market value
83%
17%
2025S&P 500 market cap (approx.)
8%
92%
Tangible assetsIntangible assets
In 1975, tangible assets represented 83% of S&P 500 market value and intangible assets represented 17%. By the end of 2025, Ocean Tomo reports that intangible assets represented approximately 92% of S&P 500 market capitalisation, while tangible assets represented approximately 8%.
Ocean Tomo describes this as “economic inversion” — a shift from value that can be touched to value that can be thought.
These are S&P 500 market-value figures. They do not measure every private company. They show the direction of the economy and the growing importance of knowledge, data, software, algorithms, brands, relationships, systems and know-how.
Too many founders are still building for an economy that ended decades ago. In 1975, intangibles represented 17% of S&P 500 market value. Today, Ocean Tomo reports approximately 92%. What will your business need to own, protect and transfer in the years ahead?
You do not need to predict the distant future. You do need to identify the intangible assets already creating value in your business, and make those assets usable, ownable, commercialisable and transferable.
AI readiness
AI is the new electricity. Most businesses have no grid.
The High Valuation Code builds the grid — so AI amplifies proprietary expertise instead of accelerating undocumented work or turning your advantage into commodity output.
AI
The new electricity — abundant, cheap and available to everyone.
Intellectual property
The generator. Your codified expertise is what produces the power.
Leadership & systems
The transformer. Depth and operating systems make the power usable.
Markets
The transmission lines. Distribution carries the value to where it pays.
The High Valuation Code builds the organisational grid so AI amplifies proprietary expertise rather than automating inconsistency or commoditising the company’s advantage.
Matteo leads the value-creation thesis. Marguerite turns it into practical transformation.
Matteo Turi FCCA
Creator of the High Valuation Triangle™ and the High Valuation Code™ · Co-author of Fail. Pivot. Scale.
Matteo is a Chartered Accountant, CFO, board director and valuation strategist with nearly 30 years of experience across blue-chip companies, scale-ups, capital raises, acquisitions and turnarounds.
His work focuses on turning intellectual property, leadership depth and scalable commercial structures into enterprise value, across technology, fintech, cybersecurity, renewable energy, medical technology and biotech.
He leads the value-creation thesis, finance, valuation architecture, strategic framing and capital perspective.
Marguerite Bolze
Partner and Transformation Lead
Marguerite turns the enterprise-value architecture into practical organisational change — capturing knowledge, improving handoffs, strengthening execution and creating transferable operating capability.
Nearly 30 years of experience
$480m+ in transaction experience
22,000+ newsletter readers
41,000+ LinkedIn followers
Associates
Specialist practitioners who extend the High Valuation Code into governance, board effectiveness and AI-enabled execution.
Francisco Gaffney
Board effectiveness and governance
A board governance expert with extensive experience in infrastructure, Francisco advises on board effectiveness, director dynamics and the governance structures that make enterprise value durable.
Howard Moore
AI architecture and AI-enabled execution
Over a decade of experience in tech infrastructure, Howard designs the AI architecture and execution systems that turn captured knowledge into scalable, AI-ready operating capability.
Evidence and reported outcomes
Founders in their own words
Written testimonials coming soon.
Questions
Before you start.
Is this a formal business valuation?
No. The High Valuation Score and the Enterprise Value Diagnostic are strategic assessments. They are not a formal valuation report, an accounting service or a wealth-management product.
What size and type of business is this for?
Commercially established, founder-led businesses in technology, consulting, engineering, professional services, medical technology and specialist B2B. There is no narrow revenue threshold — smaller technology and expertise businesses can carry intangible value far above current revenue.
Is this only for founders planning to sell?
No. Most founders use it to grow, delegate or reduce dependency. A sale is one possible outcome of transferable value, not the purpose of it.
Can this help before raising investment?
Yes. Investors price risk. Documented capability, clear ownership of intangible assets and leadership depth change how the business is assessed.
What does the paid diagnostic include?
A 72-question review across knowledge, intellectual property, leadership, delivery, revenue quality, commercial model, financial intelligence and AI readiness, with an executive heat map and a prioritisation matrix covering impact, difficulty, time investment and return.
What happens in the 28-day and 49-day programmes?
A focused execution build that converts the priority findings into documented, protected and transferable capability — quick wins first, then the strategic initiatives that move enterprise value.
How does this relate to AI adoption?
AI amplifies whatever it is given. We codify and protect proprietary expertise first so AI compounds your advantage instead of accelerating undocumented work.
Is the assessment confidential?
Yes. Your responses are used to prepare your insight and to contact you about it. They are not sold or shared with third parties.
How much time does the free score take?
Around 10 minutes. It is a structured assessment across the drivers of predictability, transferability and scalability.
What happens after I complete it?
You receive an initial value-gap insight showing where value is trapped, exposed or dependent on you. If a deeper review makes sense, we discuss the Enterprise Value Diagnostic. There is no obligation.
The High Valuation Score
How transferable is the value in your business?
Measure where your company is strong, where value remains dependent on you, and which structural gaps could limit growth, investment or succession.
Free assessment · Immediate insight · No obligation
The High Valuation Code is accepting suitable founder-led businesses into its September and October intake. We’re speaking with businesses now so the initial diagnostic can be planned properly, and the next intake will follow after that window.
The High Valuation Score is a diagnostic indicator. It is not a formal valuation report, an accounting service or a wealth-management product.
What value in my business still depends on me, and what would it take to move that value into the business?
