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Case studies from the book, expanded with implementation detail, dollar-line outcomes, and the operators behind them.

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Six anchor case studies, one per vertical.

Ch. 10 · The Speed of Creation

Founders

A solo founder reaches $1M ARR with a Silicon Payroll of three agents.

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Ch. 18 · Corporate Governance

Boards

A Fortune 200 board adopts a Friday Night Test for AI-system risk.

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Ch. 15 · AI and Private Equity

Investors

A mid-market PE firm rebuilds its diligence with the AIDE Matrix.

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Ch. 09 · The New Age Org Chart

Heavy-Industry

A global manufacturer redraws the org chart around Carbon and Silicon nodes.

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Ch. 13 · Deep Tech, Medtech & Pharma

Regulated

A medtech firm turns regulatory latency into competitive moat.

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Ch. 20 · Dear C-Suite

C-Suite

A first-time CEO uses the AIDE Maturity Cycle to get unstuck.

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Paul Cheek

About Paul Cheek

Paul Cheek is a global expert on AI-driven enterprises and enterprise innovation. He is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Senior Advisor for Entrepreneurship & Artificial Intelligence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship. As founder of the AI-Driven Enterprise Institute and Entonomy, he develops data systems and software that power AI agent-run businesses. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, bestselling author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics, and recipient of MIT’s Monosson Prize for impact on entrepreneurship education, Paul has advised and built ventures from seed to scale, with his work featured in The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Forbes.

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