Is this concept chain-capable in our market — and at what unit count does the model work?

The work, broken down into the actual things we do inside the engagement.

• Concept-DNA decomposition — what is repeatable, what is artisan, what is location-bound
• Unit-economics stress at the concept stage — where the AUV, margin, and capex actually sit, not the pitch deck
• Chain-capability checklist across menu, kitchen design, supply, training, and tech
• Unit-count threshold modelling — the inflection point below which the math does not hold and above which the system either compounds or breaks
• DACH-specific transfer read — what the German review economy, regulatory environment and cost-base will do to the concept at scale
• Comparable analysis against named DACH and Western European concepts that succeeded or failed at the same inflection
• Founder-to-system transition assessment — whether the concept is ready to outgrow the founder's tacit knowledge
• Franchise versus company-operated structural read at the relevant unit-count thresholds
• Capital pacing aligned with the concept's actual hardening curve, not the investor's preferred curve
• The four to six structural attributes the concept needs to harden before it scales
• Explicit no-go criteria — the patterns we have seen kill scaling concepts that look fine at unit ten

Public-facing reads that calibrate how we think about this engagement type.