THE ASSUMPTIONS TAB

Every model your firm built is an argument with its premises listed

A spreadsheet forces assumptions into the open, because it cannot run without them. The versions, the scenarios that were tried and dropped, and the notes in the margins record judgement in a form almost nothing else matches.

Check your data Six questions, roughly two minutes.

Premises stated because they must beScenarios tried and discardedBounded licence, scope agreed first

THE MODELLING QUESTIONS

What firms ask about spreadsheets

Our models contain client financials.

Then those are handled through scope and anonymization. Identifying fields are stripped in preparation, and anything you cannot license stays out.

Most of ours were wrong.

Good. A forecast that missed, with a revised version showing what changed, is more instructive than one that happened to be right.

Are spreadsheets really worth much?

They score well on reasoning density because assumptions have to be explicit. That matters far more than volume.

What does it cost to ask?

Nothing at any stage. There is no fee and no commission, because we are the buyer.

THE CONFIDENTIALITY QUESTION

Client figures are handled before anything moves

01

Establish what exists

Six questions about the systems in use. Nothing is accessed at this stage.
02

You set the boundary

Models containing figures you are not free to license stay outside the licence, agreed before signature.
03

Anonymization in preparation

Identifying fields are stripped as part of preparing the data, ahead of any onward sharing.
04

Paid on completion

Typically $100K to $2M, Net 30 to 60, once the data is approved, shared, and anonymized.

Check your data

SPEAK WITH A MANAGING PARTNER

The assumptions tab was the valuable part

Six questions and a short conversation. Nothing you tell us leaves Polyshares.

Check your data