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 frameworkThe Golden Section Valuation Model splits what a B2B software company is worth into two numbers added together: the floor, which is the installed base harvested with no new-customer spend as net revenue retention settles toward a mature level, and the growth premium, which is what new-customer growth adds after paying for itself at its sales efficiency. Both are discounted at current interest rates and shown as enterprise value divided by recurring revenue.
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