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CEO transition planning tool

Create software to document and transfer institutional knowledge during leadership transitions. Aim at startups and scale-ups.

Why now

High-profile CEO departures highlight the need for structured transition processes.

Who for
Startup boards
Business model
Enterprise licenses
Effort
A few weeks

Companies lose critical knowledge when founders or executives depart abruptly.

Build a system to capture decision histories, relationships, and strategic context in a transferable format.

Sell to VC-backed startups concerned about continuity risk.

MVP could be a simple questionnaire template with knowledge transfer checklists.

Risk: May be seen as premature planning by growing companies.

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