The Capital Architect Fellowship · Certification Program

Learn to design how a business meets capital

Seven video modules. Six working Excel instruments. One capstone deliverable — the Exit Memo. The hands-on practitioner companion to Raise. Sell. Scale., ending in the Certified Capital Architect credential.

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The premise

Capital moves toward clarity

Businesses are not bought, funded, or financed on how good they are. They are bought, funded, and financed on how clearly their numbers can be seen, trusted, and defended. This program trains the person who produces that clarity — and one case study inside it shows a single normalization exercise worth $7.25M in sale price.

FOR PROFESSIONALS

Accountants & fractional CFOs

Add the deal side to your practice — where the highest-value engagements live.

FOR OPERATORS

Owners & CEOs

Command your own table in a raise, sale, or acquisition instead of hoping your advisors do.

FOR BUYERS

Acquirers & searchers

Evaluate any business with your own money on the line — instrument by instrument.

The curriculum — the Deal Stack

Eight modules, one transaction lifecycle

M1 · ORIENTATION

The Capital Architect Method

The premise, the Three Doors, and how six instruments assemble into one deal.

M2 · VALUE

Valuation Snapshot

Triangulate enterprise value three ways — comps, multiples, and DCF — and defend the range.

M3 · QUALITY

Unit Economics Dashboard

LTV:CAC, churn, and the Rule of 40 — the trend story that earns a premium multiple.

M4 · PROOF

Quality of Earnings

Normalize EBITDA and document every add-back so a buyer’s accountants can’t remove them.

M5 · SCRUTINY

Due Diligence Tracker

Readiness scoring, red-flag diagnostics, and the 90-day plan that clears them before buyers look.

M6 · LIQUIDITY

13-Week Cash Flow Forecast

Weekly cash visibility and the Cash Conversion Cycle — the one number buyers can’t normalize.

M8 · OWNERSHIP

Cap Table & Exit Waterfall

Preferences, dilution, and exactly who receives what at every exit price.

M7 · CAPSTONE

The Exit Memo

Six answers become one argument — the decision-ready document a buyer, lender, or committee actually reads.

Every module applies its instrument to the same company — SampleCo LLC — so you watch one complete deal assemble end to end. Study rule: never watch without the file open.

The credential

Certified Capital Architect — earned, not attended

Watch. Walk. Do. Submit. Seven exercises plus the capstone Exit Memo, each graded against one standard: correct mechanics and a written interpretation — the number, and what the number means. Architects who can compute but not explain do not certify. That is why the credential means something.

SELF-PACED CERTIFICATION

$997 founding · then $1,997

All 7 modules · all 6 Excel instruments · SampleCo scenario files · written feedback on every submission · CCA credential on completion.

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LIVE COHORT

$2,500 founding · then $5,000

Everything in self-paced, plus six weekly live sessions with Randy, live capstone review and defense, and the cohort community.

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Requirements: Excel or Google Sheets on a computer, and The CFO Operating System, Parts One & Two. Roughly 2 hours per module, 16–20 hours total. No prior deal experience required.

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