The Value Acceleration Playbook: A Hands-On Workshop for VC & PE Investors
TL;DR
If you’re a hands-on VC or PE investor, supporting portfolio companies is harder than it should be.
Board meetings are too high-level.
One-off advice doesn’t stick.
Execution systems like EOS don’t fix unclear direction.
This session introduces the Value Acceleration Clarity Playbook — a practical, portfolio-wide planning system that helps investors improve decision-making inside portfolio companies, reduce wasted growth, and support founders without operating the business.
You’ll work through the framework and leave with tools you can use across your portfolio immediately.
What this workshop is about
Most portfolio companies don’t stall because they can’t execute.
They stall because the plan isn’t clear enough.
Founders end up guessing:
what to double down on
what to stop doing
what kind of business they’re building next
As an investor, this shows up as churn, noise, and uneven progress.
This workshop shows how to use a simple value acceleration lens to help founders get clear before execution — so effort actually compounds instead of scattering.
The playbook is designed to be repeatable across multiple portfolio companies, not customized one-off advice.
Who this is for
This session is a good fit if you:
are a hands-on VC or PE investor
come from an operator or founder background
support 3+ portfolio companies
invest in companies roughly in the $1–20M revenue range
want to be useful to founders without running the business
This is for investors who want to help upstream, not micromanage downstream.
What you’ll get
In about an hour, you’ll:
see the Value Acceleration Clarity Playbook in action
work through a real example
learn how to use it with 1–2 portfolio companies immediately
walk away with a clearer, repeatable way to support founders
This is a working session. You’ll be doing, not watching.
Who’s hosting
Yarin Gaon — founder, operator, and investor.
Former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at a venture firm.
Built and advised companies across stages.
Created the Clarity Playbook after seeing the same planning gaps across his own portfolio.
This is a publicly open playbook, built from real experience — not a service pitch.