Method
Every company on the list paid the same €1,200 and got the same treatment. This page says what that treatment is, because a ranked list that does not explain itself is a badge.
The nine sections
- 01Verdict
- 02Team and why it exists
- 03Product
- 04Market
- 05Competition
- 06Positioning
- 07Open points
- 08The numbers
- 09What would move the rank
Every section carries a margin note saying where the information came from and what was checked. Sections 01, 04 and 08 cannot be published without one.
The score
A whole number out of 100, set by the analyst and approved by an editor. It is the sum of five weighted components. The components themselves stay internal, because publishing them would turn the dossier into a form to be gamed rather than a piece of analysis.
- Product and proof of demand30
- Market and reachability20
- Team20
- Competitive position20
- Clarity and honesty of its own positioning10
The rank
Rank is derived, never typed. Published companies are sorted by score descending, and a tie is broken by whoever published first. Ranks are recalculated on every publication and every revision, and each change is recorded with a reason. Nothing anyone pays for moves a rank.
What AI does, and does not
A model writes a first draft of each section from the material the company supplied and from public research with a source for every finding. An analyst then rewrites it, checks it and signs it. There is no path by which a machine-written sentence reaches a reader without a person having edited and saved it. Every run is kept, including the failed ones, so a company that disputes its analysis can be shown exactly what was asked and answered.
Who reads it
The founder chooses which investor tiers may open the dossier, and can change that at any time. Dossiers do not become public: not after twelve months, not after archiving. Every full opening is logged and every page carries the reader's name.
Read the sample dossier