Business resilience & dependencies
What breaks if one thing disappears?
A profitable business can still depend on a single customer, supplier, platform or person. Resilience starts by making those dependencies visible, including dependencies on the founder.
Ask what stops if a critical relationship or system disappears tomorrow, how long recovery would take, and what evidence you have that an alternative works. The assessment is a conversation starter; an actual handover or recovery exercise provides stronger evidence. The essays include decisions to stop building something, rather than treating persistence as automatically correct.
Questions worth answering
- Which failure would stop the business fastest?
- Can someone else complete a critical task without me?
- What new evidence would justify a pivot or shutdown?
Start here
Map your business dependencies before they become emergencies
A worksheet for examining customer concentration, platforms, suppliers and founder dependency through recovery tests.
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Dependency Score
Measure how dependent your business is on you across 6 dimensions: revenue, decisions, clients, knowledge, execution, and relationships.
Historical tool · assumptions may be dated →
Structure Risk Score
Assess structural vulnerabilities across liability, tax efficiency, platform dependency, revenue concentration, and 30-year viability.
Historical tool · assumptions may be dated →
Mobility Score
Assess your mobility across visa status, revenue, jurisdiction, and optionality.
Free tool · no email required →
From the field
Personal accounts behind the questions. Each essay reflects when it was written.