We had grown by doing more of the same until it stopped working. Ridgeline cut through it in eight weeks — three growth moves, sized, with the customer evidence behind each. A partner ran the whole thing personally. The board backed two of them on the spot and we have moved on both.
Their commercial diligence changed our price and, frankly, nearly changed our decision — in the best way. They were direct about the risks our own deal team had talked themselves past. The 100-day plan meant we hit the ground running after close instead of starting to think.
Our strategy was fine; we just could not deliver it. Ridgeline redesigned how decisions actually got made and sequenced the change so the early wins funded the rest. A year on it has held, which is more than I can say for the last two transformation programmes.
We asked them to assess a Vietnam entry for a portfolio company and half-expected a green light. They gave us a no-not-yet with the reasons laid out cleanly. It saved us a costly year. When the window opened later, we went back to them — and that time it was go.
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