The Cordis MRI is the diagnostic Cordis runs with its own clients before any advisory or deal work. Foundry readers can take it on its own.
What it is
A four-week engagement that applies the buyer’s framework to your business. Cordis Institute staff and senior Cordis Group people run it. The result is a written report covering:
- A score on the five risk axes (customer concentration, key-person dependency, documentation quality, recurring revenue mix, clear decision rights), with documented evidence behind each score
- A buyer map: which buyers in this market are likely to move at your current readiness, which tend to move one to three years out, and which tend to move only if no work is done
- A read on the discount stack: which discounts buyers in this market are most likely to apply at your current readiness, and what work would close each one
- A 24-month work plan: the tasks, by quarter, in the order the data supports
Who runs it
A Cordis Institute senior researcher leads the diagnostic. A Cordis Group senior partner reviews the buyer map and pricing work. A Cordis principal, answerable to the founder, signs it off. References are available on request.
What it costs
Pricing is by engagement, roughly scaled to the size of the business. The intake conversation sets the scope, the timeline, and the fee. We do not list a fixed price. No two MRIs are scoped the same way. The intake sets the right scope before the work begins.
What it is not
The MRI is not a business valuation. It is not an opinion of value, an appraisal, or a fair-market-value finding. Cordis does not do business valuations. The MRI describes how buyers in this market are likely to apply the discount stack at your current readiness. It names the work that closes each discount. Founders who want a formal valuation should hire a certified business appraiser.
The MRI is also not a sale process. It is not a way to drum up an LOI. It is not a Cordis Group sales call. It is a diagnostic. Some founders who take an MRI later hire Cordis Group for a sale. Some do not. The MRI is built to be useful either way.
Intake
The intake form on this page collects the basics (revenue range, EBITDA range, sector, when you might sell, how you heard about us). A Cordis principal will reply within 48 hours with a scoping conversation and a rough timeline.