Resources & tools
Run your own numbers, benchmark your market, and see the process end to end — no meeting required until you want one. Nine tools and proofs, one index.
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01 — Interactive tools, no email required
Tools built on the same data engine that sources your pipeline.
Model the return on a retained, pilot, or success-only engagement against your own deal size and expected close rate.
Run the calculator→ Template · 5 minThe criteria every acquisition mandate should answer — geography, size, sector, transition, structure — with worked examples by sector. Then register yours free in the partner portal.
Build your buy box→ Interactive · 90 secSee what skipping the auction is worth at your deal size and volume — brokered fee exposure versus going direct to unrepresented owners.
Run the estimate→In brief
Free resources for acquirers: the CEO briefing kit, the dental roll-up playbook, the ROI calculator and the insights library — practical material on origination, qualification and pipeline math.
Key takeaways
02 — Guides & proof, read before you call
Long-form detail on how a mandate actually moves, sector by sector.
Deepest sector, most detail: how DSO platforms build a repeatable pipeline of GP and specialty practices at pace.
Read the playbook→ Guide · 6 min readA mandate’s first quarter, week by week — from locked criteria and the market map to the first approved introductions.
Read the guide→ Comparison · 5 min readSentinel against a traditional advisor, an in-house build, and a self-serve platform — the honest version, table by table.
See the comparison→ Sell sheet · on requestRetained vs success-fee, line by line — the dedicated team, first look on every buy-box match, and the Sentinel Pace. Compare Mandate and Success on your own deal sizes inside the partner portal.
Request the sheet→ Kit · 3 sheetsSix questions with straight answers, the full economics one-pager, and the two-page brief — built for a head of development to forward to the CEO who signs.
Get the kit→03 — Explore the record
Live systems and the closed-deal record, if you'd rather look than calculate.
Live funnel metrics and target submissions — the same dashboard your relationship owner reviews with you weekly.
Open the portal→ Reading · Updated monthlySourcing benchmarks and sector notes from the team running the engine.
Browse Insights→ Record · Since 2019The ledger: closed transactions, the funnel counts, and the pace we report weekly.
See the record→Skip the index. Tell us your mandate and a principal replies within one business day.
A qualified call: every criterion met, and the owner said yes to the meeting, calibrated to your mandate. Month to month after the first quarter — judged on delivered numbers.