The Authors

Matteo Turi & Simon Bedros

A CFO and a strategist, writing from inside the boardrooms where companies are made — and unmade.

Matteo Turi

CFO · Investor · Co-Author

Three decades inside corporate finance and M&A. Architect of the High Valuation Triangle™ — the model behind $480M in live transactions and the strategy founders use to turn balance sheets into beacons.

Simon Bedros

Strategic Advisor · Co-Author

Advisor to founders navigating the brutal arithmetic of scale. Specialist in narrative reinvention, capital strategy, and the leadership transitions that decide whether a company graduates — or dies — at its peak.

Combined experience

$480M

In live transactions

30+

Years in finance & M&A

100s

Founders advised