Staff / Principal (10+ years) · Module C
Leading Technical Diligence for an Acquisition or Partnership
Assessing someone else's technology and team under real time pressure and incomplete access.
What this session covers
- You'll always have less access and less time than you'd ideally want — design your diligence process around that constraint, not around an ideal that won't happen.
3 more key points, the audio walkthrough and the diagram are in the full session, which unlocks with any paid plan.
What staff / principal FDE interviews look for
Staff and Principal loops assess how you would shape the Forward Deploy function itself: its charter, hiring and career ladder, board-level customer relationships, and strategic calls like buy vs. build vs. partner.