The frameworks Golden Section uses to build, evaluate, and exit durable B2B software companies. Each term has a canonical page; each definition below stands on its own.
The Balanced Path is Golden Section's framework for building durable B2B software companies by balancing three dimensions — Product, People, and Customers — on the road from $1M in annual revenue to a meaningful exit. It pairs five guiding principles with a ten-dimension maturity model, and is also a book by founder Dougal Cameron.
Read the full frameworkThe Enhancement Doctrine is the thesis, set out by Golden Section founder Dougal Cameron in March 2026, that AI enhances rather than replaces enterprise software: durable vertical SaaS companies embed AI to deepen workflow value and expand margins, instead of being displaced by it. It is the framework that ended the SaaSpocalypse panic.
Read the full frameworkA Meaningful Exit is Golden Section's nine-dimension framework for defining exit success beyond the financial number — spanning financial outcomes, product legacy, team and culture, customer impact, community contribution, health, peace and wellbeing, organizational continuity, and family alignment — and for routing founders to the exit structure that fits their definition.
Read the full frameworkThe SaaS Capital Flywheel is Golden Section's model for how capital compounds inside a capital-efficient software company: deploy into proven sales channels, expand recurring revenue, retain equity by funding growth from cash flow and non-dilutive debt rather than new equity rounds, and refinance at better terms as revenue grows.
Read the full framework