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A family, a trust, a foundation, a founder, a state: whoever can decide the outcome of a vote holds two shares, not one. The economic share is what they own. The voting share is what they decide. In a company with a single class of stock the two are the same number, which is why nobody thinks about them separately — and when they come apart, both figures are usually still published, in different parts of the same document, with the distance between them stated nowhere. This pack turns that distance into arithmetic. Voting share less economic share gives the wedge, in points. Voting share over economic share gives votes per dollar. One minus the economic share, over the economic share, gives other people's money per dollar of the block's own, which is the arrangement in a single number. Then the discount to comparable companies prices it, and splitting that price by the economic share says who is paying — the block bears its own share and the outside holders bear the rest, which is usually several times more. The Model tab sweeps the economics rather than the votes, because the votes are written into a constitution and stay put while the economics fall through every sale, issuance and inheritance. It stops on five conditions: no economic share, no voting share, no equity value, no years the structure has run, and nothing said about what the stock trades at against comparable companies.
The test that runs through every file
Two numbers describe every controlled company — what share of it the control block owns and what share of it the block decides — and they are almost never written on the same line.. It is the argument in the deck, it becomes the wizard’s axes, it drives the model’s inputs, and it reappears as lines on the checklist. That is what makes 16 files a product rather than 16 documents.
The model resolves to one number you can negotiate with: The wedge — the distance between what the block owns and what it decides. It ships blank and worked, and every input is a named cell rather than a figure buried inside a formula, so the number arrives with its assumptions attached rather than on its own authority.
What is in the Control Wedge Strategy Pack
- Foundations. The framework: the two numbers, why the distance is never stated, the arithmetic, and the five halts.
- Concept deck. Twenty-one slides for a board or a nominations committee, with nine sourced control structures and what each does not establish.
- Decision wizard. Eight scored questions returning the band, the weakest answer, and either of the two halt conditions.
- Control model. Eleven candidate economic shares across the columns, the wedge, and other people's money per dollar of the block's own.
- Strategies and tactics. The moves at each of the four positions, what to do when the model halts, and four ways to make the next control decision cheaper to judge.
- Case studies. Nine sourced control structures — four still working, one run in reverse, one bought out of a family, and one the market refused.
- Fit worksheet. The single page of record: who holds the block, its two shares, what the control is for, and what the structure costs.
- Roadmap template. Five phases with gates and owners, the assumptions register, a reporting change and a periodic review line.
- Practitioner manual. Totaling the economics, taking the votes from the constitution, writing the purpose, pricing the structure, splitting the price, six failure modes.
- Field checklist. The one-pager that survives outside the binder.
- About the package. What each file does and the order in which to run them.
An honest note on fit
This is a kit for running a decision, not a research report and not a course. It is worth buying if a real decision is in front of you and you would otherwise start from a blank page. It is not worth buying to read.
Worked examples use an explicitly fictional business, labeled on every file that contains one, with numbers tuned to teach rather than to flatter — each worked case is built so that the decision does not simply come out well, and so that what settles it is the test the pack exists to run. A worked example where everything works is a brochure. The price excludes customization, implementation and support, and where the pack reasons beyond its evidence it says so on the page.
Questions
- What is the Control Wedge Strategy Pack?
- The Control Wedge Strategy Pack is a decision-support kit for one question: How much of the company do you own, and how much of it do you decide? It contains 16 files — foundations, concept deck, decision wizard, control model, strategies and tactics, case studies, fit worksheet, roadmap template, practitioner manual, field checklist, about the package — built around a single organizing test: two numbers describe every controlled company — what share of it the control block owns and what share of it the block decides — and they are almost never written on the same line.. It is what a leadership team uses to run the decision and leave a record of what they assumed, rather than a report about the topic.
- Who is the Control Wedge Strategy Pack for?
- Anyone who has to make this call and answer for it: an operator or owner facing the decision, the executive team running it, the board or investor testing the reasoning, or an adviser who would otherwise build the framework from a blank page. It is worth buying when a real decision is in front of you. It is not worth buying to read.
- What is in the Control Wedge Strategy Pack?
- 16 files in Word, PDF, PowerPoint and Excel: Foundations (Word + PDF) — The framework: the two numbers, why the distance is never stated, the arithmetic, and the five halts. Concept deck (PowerPoint + PDF) — Twenty-one slides for a board or a nominations committee, with nine sourced control structures and what each does not establish. Decision wizard (Excel) — Eight scored questions returning the band, the weakest answer, and either of the two halt conditions. Control model (Excel, blank and worked) — Eleven candidate economic shares across the columns, the wedge, and other people's money per dollar of the block's own. Strategies and tactics (Word) — The moves at each of the four positions, what to do when the model halts, and four ways to make the next control decision cheaper to judge. Case studies (Word) — Nine sourced control structures — four still working, one run in reverse, one bought out of a family, and one the market refused. Fit worksheet (Word, blank and worked) — The single page of record: who holds the block, its two shares, what the control is for, and what the structure costs. Roadmap template (Word) — Five phases with gates and owners, the assumptions register, a reporting change and a periodic review line. Practitioner manual (Word + PDF) — Totaling the economics, taking the votes from the constitution, writing the purpose, pricing the structure, splitting the price, six failure modes. Field checklist (PDF) — The one-pager that survives outside the binder. About the package (PDF) — What each file does and the order in which to run them.
- What number does the Control Wedge Strategy Pack produce?
- The wedge — the distance between what the block owns and what it decides. The model ships blank and worked, and every input is a named cell rather than a figure buried inside a formula, so the number you take into a room arrives with its assumptions attached and can be argued with rather than merely believed.
- How is the Control Wedge Strategy Pack delivered?
- As a single download of all 16 files, immediately after payment, with the same link sent by email. It can be downloaded 3 times and the link is valid for 30 days. There is nothing to install and no account to keep.
- How much does the Control Wedge Strategy Pack cost, and is it a subscription?
- $249, one-time. It is not a subscription and there is nothing to cancel. Where the pack is revised within 180 days of your purchase, the new release is yours. The price does not include customization, implementation help or support.
- Are the worked examples real companies?
- The case studies are real, sourced and dated, and each one states what its evidence does not establish. The worked model, wizard and worksheet use an explicitly fictional business, labeled as such on every file that contains one. A worked model needs roughly fifteen populated inputs; for a real company you would have public figures for perhaps four, and the rest would be estimates wearing the authority of a spreadsheet.