Business Cases
Real operating problems. Real decisions.
Teaching cases show how problems cross the operating model and what a founder has to decide. Client cases are kept separate and published only when verified.
Teaching cases
Illustrative · fictional composites for teaching
- Case 01 · Professional services, 25 peopleThe Founder BottleneckEvery decision waits for one person.
- Case 02 · Distribution, 40 peopleRevenue Without CashSales are up. The bank account is empty.
- Case 03 · Travel, 15 peopleWhatsApp Is the CRMEvery lead lives in someone's phone.
- Case 04 · Manufacturing, 60 peopleThe Profitable Product That Should Be KilledThe best margin on paper, the worst product in practice.
- Case 05 · Retail, 30 peopleThe Family Employee ProblemEveryone knows. Nobody says.
- Case 06 · Wholesale, 50 peopleThe ERP That Didn't Fix AnythingNew system. Same problems.
- Case 07 · Logistics, 70 peopleGrowth Broke the BusinessWhat worked at 20 people fails at 70.
- Case 08 · Services, 35 peopleThe Big CustomerOne client pays the bills, and sets the terms.
- Case 09 · Food service, 45 peopleThe Second BranchThe first branch runs on the founder. The second can't.
- Case 10 · Construction services, 55 peopleThe Business That Cannot Run Without Its FounderProfitable, respected, and impossible to sell.
Client cases
Verified engagements, published with each client's written approval.
No verified client cases are published yet.
They will appear here once engagements are complete and clients have approved publication. Until then, the engagement examples show how KEI&S documents an engagement, using illustrative content.
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