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Disaggregate the EBITDA Drivers
The playbook for where to deploy AI first inside a newly acquired business.
How it works
- 1First, learn exactly how value is created inside the acquired business model.
- 2Find the biggest impact in the shortest time.
- 3Deploy there first, expect "singles and doubles" within roughly 120 days of close.
Hear it on the podcast
He Buys Companies, Keeps Every Employee, Then Deploys Nobel-Nominated AIListen to the episodeMore from this episode
The CURA CompaniesTodd's filter for where AI creates the most value: Complex, Urgent, or Administrative businesses.Own the Restaurant, Don't Make the PastaAI Squared's operating philosophy for every company it acquires.Value Laddering and Behavioral PsychometricsHow AI Squared turns human decision-making into a competitive weapon.The Infinite Elasticity of CapitalismTodd's 600-year rebuttal to the AI jobs panic.Interested and InterestingTodd's two-job rule for staying sharp as a professional.Default to UrgencyThe operating cadence behind AI Squared's speed.
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