Insights

Essays by Ron Smith, Founding Partner, Cordis Group LLC.

• The Retrade: Coaching a Founder Through a Price Cut Days Before Close 2026-08-05
• The Loneliest Quarter: Coaching a Founder Who Cannot Tell the Team They Are Selling 2026-07-29
• The Earnout Year: Coaching a Founder Who Suddenly Has a Boss 2026-07-22
• Why a Founder's Second-in-Command Needs Coaching During a Sale 2026-07-11
• The Week After the Wire Clears: What Founders Are Not Told 2026-07-11
• Why Founders Need a Coach More in Year One Than Year Ten 2026-05-28
• What Founders Get Wrong About Coaching Themselves Through a Sale 2026-05-27
• The Founder Identity Shift Between LOI Signing and Wire Transfer Day 2026-05-22
• The Identity Work A Founder Does Before A Sale Shows Up In The Price 2026-05-18
• The Coach In The Room: What Executive Coaches Owe Founders Pre-Transaction 2026-05-16