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Execution Roadmap

The sequence that turns the analyses into a controlled founder, professional-review, formation, financing, and closing process.

Decisions and Roadmap

Recommendation

Sequence Decisions Before Documents

Treat the roadmap as a gated dependency chain. Do not form entities, promise founder percentages, commit capital, or represent Ian's transition as settled before the relevant gate is approved and verified.

Execution Sequence

Read from Phase 0 verification through the founder bargain, formation, and simultaneous closing.

Phase 0Verify ownership, debt, lease, tax, and authority
Founder bargainApprove parent percentages and governance
FormationCreate entities only after gate approval
ClosingUse escrowed, simultaneous documents
Documented or approved basisProposed or verification-dependent

Each phase depends on the prior evidence and approval gate. The sequence is designed to prevent premature formation, financing, or closing activity.

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  1. Phase 0: Verify ownership, debt, lease, tax, and authority
  2. Founder bargain: Approve parent percentages and governance
  3. Formation: Create entities only after gate approval
  4. Closing: Use escrowed, simultaneous documents
Source
Derived from the four canonical portfolio analyses dated August 25, 2026.
Decision and Dependency Map

Use the filters to isolate one dependency lane. Read lanes from facts through future execution.

Facts

Gate 0Ownership, investor rights, debt, leaseholder, guaranty, tax, and authority

BlocksFounder decisions, professional instructions, formation, financing, and closing

Founder decisions

Gate 1Parent purpose, Ian mandate, founder method, governance, reserve, and approval owners

Depends onSufficient Gate 0 evidence and explicit named human authority

Professional review

Gate 2Legal, tax, accounting, valuation, financing, lease, and insurance conclusions

Depends onVerified facts plus an approved commercial path

Future options

After approvalFormation, definitive documents, funding, closing, and operational normalization

Never impliedDrafts, recommendations, or a passing site build do not satisfy these gates

Upstream evidence or approvalDownstream action that remains blocked

Facts constrain founder decisions; founder decisions define professional scope; professional conclusions control formation, funding, and closing.

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  1. Verify facts.
  2. Approve the founder commercial bargain.
  3. Obtain professional conclusions.
  4. Form, document, fund, close, and normalize only after upstream gates pass.
Source
Decision-gate sections across all four canonical analyses.

Immediate Founder Decisions

Gate D1Decision required

Architecture and Perimeter

Approve the working parent, concept, and operating-company boundaries. Confirm the BCP Delray investor ring fence and the treatment of future concepts.

State
Open
Gate D2Decision required

Ian Commercial Mandate

Approve whether to pursue a purchase, the negotiation range and authority, the financing envelope, and the items that must be conditions to closing.

State
Open
Gate D3Decision required

Founder Equity Method

Approve the contribution ledger, role expectations, base-equity method, earn-in bands, strategic reserve, governance, and treatment of departure or underperformance.

State
Open

Roadmap Summary

Proposed Execution Phases and Exit Criteria
PhasePrimary workExit criterion
Phase 0Reconcile ownership, investor rights, debt, leaseholder, guaranty, tax, and authorityVerified closing perimeter and blocker list
Founder bargainApprove architecture, Ian mandate, founder equity, governance, and reserveSigned founder decision record
Professional reviewLegal, tax, accounting, valuation, insurance, lease, and financing reviewWritten professional conclusions or documented open items
Formation and documentsForm only approved entities and prepare coordinated agreementsExecution-ready, internally consistent document set
ClosingUse escrow, consents, funding, releases, transfers, and ledger updatesSimultaneous verified close
Post-closeUpdate records, banking, insurance, licenses, payroll, access, and reportingOperating controls confirmed

Decision Gates

Gate 0Needs verification

Phase 0 Evidence Reconciliation

Verify ownership and unit schedules, executed investor rights, the Krauss note and 2% grant, debt, tax, leaseholder, assignment, guaranty, licenses, bank and access authority. Exit: a verified transaction perimeter and blocker register.

State
Blocked
Gate 1Decision required

Founder Strategic Bargain

Approve the corporate architecture, Ian mandate, founder equity method, governance, strategic reserve, professional-review scope, and named approval owners. Exit: a signed decision record.

State
Open
Gate 2Decision required

Professional Review

Obtain legal, tax, accounting, valuation, financing, insurance, and lease conclusions for the approved path. Exit: written conclusions and explicit residual risks.

State
Open
Gate 3Decision required

Formation and Definitive Documents

Form only the approved entities and prepare consistent operating agreements, transfers, consents, financing, releases, and closing instructions. Exit: execution-ready documents with authority confirmed.

State
Open
Gate 4Decision required

Funding and Simultaneous Closing

Confirm conditions, sources and uses, escrow, signatures, consents, funds flow, releases, and ledger updates. Exit: verified simultaneous close, not merely signed drafts.

State
Open
Gate 5Decision required

Post-Close Control Transfer

Update ownership ledgers, tax records, banking, insurance, licenses, payroll, vendors, POS, passwords, and reporting. Exit: operational control tested and exceptions recorded.

State
Open

Needs verification

Current Gate Status

Gate 0 remains blocked until direct evidence resolves the named ownership, investor, debt, lease, guaranty, tax, and authority items. A passing website build does not change that business status.

Transition Roadmap

From Evidence to Verified Closing

Read from left to right. Dashed treatment identifies the final proposed or verification-dependent relationship.

Phase 0Verify ownership, debt, lease, tax, and authority
Founder bargainApprove parent percentages and governance
FormationCreate entities only after gate approval
ClosingUse escrowed, simultaneous documents
Documented or approved basisProposed or verification-dependent

The sequence prevents draft documents, formation filings, financing conversations, or signatures from outrunning the founders' approved commercial bargain and the professional-review record.

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  1. Phase 0: Verify ownership, debt, lease, tax, and authority
  2. Founder bargain: Approve parent percentages and governance
  3. Formation: Create entities only after gate approval
  4. Closing: Use escrowed, simultaneous documents
Source
Derived from the four canonical portfolio analyses dated August 25, 2026.

Workstreams

Execution Workstream Map
WorkstreamPrimary outputDependencyStop condition
EvidenceVerified ownership, rights, debt, lease and authority registerDirect source accessMaterial conflict unresolved
Founder decisionsApproved architecture, Ian mandate, equity and governanceEvidence sufficient for decisionNo named approval owner
Professional reviewLegal, tax, accounting, valuation and financing conclusionsApproved commercial pathUnacceptable legal, tax or financial risk
DocumentsCoordinated formation, transfer, financing and governance setProfessional directionInconsistent parties, percentages, rights or conditions
ClosingEscrowed signatures, funds, consents, releases and transfersAll conditions satisfiedMissing authority, consent, funds or release
OperationsUpdated ledgers, licenses, insurance, banking, access and reportingVerified closeControl or compliance gap

Recommendation

Keep One Issue Register

Each open item should name the evidence class, owner, due date, dependency, decision impact, and closure proof. Do not silently convert stakeholder claims or intended methods into observations or completed work.

Current state

Local Delivery Only

This strategic site is a private local build. It does not publish, deploy, send communications, create entities, commit capital, change production systems, or grant authority.

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