Measuring Human Capital in the AI Age: Your Most Valuable Asset Still Walks Out the Door
A practical framework for measuring human capital when AI is rewriting the value of skills, using OECD methodology and AI literacy metrics.
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Insights on growth and intangible assets
Expert thinking on productivity, intangible asset valuation, growth strategy, and building more valuable businesses.
From Film Libraries to Franchise Rights: Intangible Asset-Backed Lending in Media and Entertainment
Media and entertainment companies have been pledging copyrights as loan collateral since the early days of Hollywood studio finance. But the explosion of streaming, the globalisation of content markets, and the growing value of franchise IP have created a far richer intangible asset landscape than traditional film-slate financing exploits.
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Exit and Beyond: Completing the Transaction
How M&A transactions actually close — cap table waterfalls, locked box vs completion accounts, BADR tax relief, escrow mechanics, and planning for life after exit.
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Growth Stage: Operational Excellence
From startup to scale-up — operating leverage, R&D capitalisation under IAS 38, management reporting, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, and EMI share option schemes.
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Pre-Exit: Preparing the Business for Sale
The 12–18 months before exit define how much value you capture — data room preparation, normalised EBITDA, quality of earnings reports, earn-outs, and intangible asset documentation.
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Seed Stage: Product-Market Fit and First Revenue
The make-or-break stage for startups — measuring product-market fit, tracking MRR and ARR, understanding churn and NRR, SEIS/EIS setup, and equity incentive schemes.
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Series A: Scaling What Works
VCs want proof your growth engine works — LTV, CAC, unit economics, the Rule of 40, burn rate and runway calculations, and how board composition changes at Series A.
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Series B: Building the Machine
Revenue expansion, enterprise sales, and complex term sheets — NRR, GRR, liquidation preferences, anti-dilution protection, and the SaaS metrics that unlock Series B funding.
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What PE Buyers Actually Look For in Your Technology Team
The scorecard PE buyers use to assess technology teams in due diligence — from key person risk to engineering culture and technical debt.
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From SNA 2008 to SNA 2025: Why National Statistics Still Undercount the Assets That Drive Modern Economies
The 2025 revision to the System of National Accounts represents genuine progress in measuring intangible assets. But the gap between what national statistics capture and what actually drives productivity in advanced economies remains wide. Here is what SNA 2025 fixes, what it does not, and why the remaining gaps matter for policy.
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How the Intangible Asset Valuator Works: A Complete Walkthrough
A step-by-step guide to the Opagio Intangible Asset Valuator — covering 7 asset categories, 35 asset types, and 6 valuation methods. Learn how to identify, assess, and value the intangible assets that drive your company's worth.
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Building AI-Ready Engineering Teams: What 15 Years of Hiring 250 Engineers Taught Me
A competency framework for building AI-ready engineering teams, drawn from 15 years scaling from 4 to 250 engineers at IG Group.
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