This Mistake Sends Searchers into BANKRUPTCY
►EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
DIY QoE IS THE M&A VERSION OF REPRESENTING YOURSELF IN COURT: English on the page. Numbers in the spreadsheet. ChatGPT in your tabs. None of that makes you the expert when the downside is permanent. A man who represents himself has a fool for a client — same rule applies to Quality of Earnings.
YOU'RE BETTING A $4M PERSONAL GUARANTEE ON A SUNDAY AND A PROMPT: Wrongly accused of double murder? Life on the line. Personally guaranteeing four million in debt? Same energy. A few hours with an LLM is not three months of specialist pattern recognition. One fatal miss and you don't get a do-over.
$20K FOR THE SPECIAL FORCES OF NUMBERS — OR "UGH" AT THE CLOSING TABLE: You've watched elite lawyers spring the guilty and still respected the craft. Real QoE people work numbers at that level. When the note is personally guaranteed for seven figures, twenty grand for that skill is the cheapest insurance you'll ever buy.