about addback.
a weekly publication about private-market dealmaking. CIMs, add-backs, valuations, war stories — written for the people building buy-side models at 2am.
the beat
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01 finance explained like you're smart. no jargon inflation. no "EBITDA stands for."
02 what we saw in a real deal this week. anonymized. specific. the numbers, not the narrative.
03 tools of the trade. excel tricks, data sources, honest software takes.
04 reader war stories. deal lessons, written from scar tissue.
05 news, and our take. signal, not noise. the smart friend's briefing.
house rule an unauditable number is a useless number.
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