Think Like a CPO: What PE Boards Actually Evaluate

I've spent the last 10 years in CPO-level roles inside PE-backed B2B SaaS companies — from $40M to $300M ARR, across four full transformations. I've sat on both sides of the diligence table, navigated M&A integration, and presented to PE boards.

The ACE Framework is a model I developed from doing this organizational assessment manually at every new company I joined. Nobody handed me a methodology — I refined one over four roles and eventually turned it into a tool anyone can use.

That's why I teach this. The intersection of product leadership and PE operating environments is something MBA programs don't cover and product management courses ignore. I learned it the hard way so you don't have to. Every framework and model I share in this session is something I've applied in a real PE-backed co