WHAT ACTUALLY CARRIES VALUE
The record is worth something because of how it was made
- A decision with the argument still attached is worth more than a clean row in a table. Threads, drafts, and revisions carry reasoning.
- Length of operating history matters. A business that has run for a decade has texture a well-funded two-year-old does not.
- Ordinary work is the point. The material is valuable because it is what real operating looks like, not because it is remarkable.
- Any company with real operating history qualifies. Venture backed, middle market, or founder owned.