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# AdvantageCEO

**AdvantageCEO** is an advisory firm cofounded by [[entity-samantha-allison]] and [[entity-taavo-godtfredsen]] that works with private equity investors and portfolio-company CEOs on value creation. It is the origin of the 5x CEO research program that produced [[entity-the-5x-ceo]] and [[framework-5x-ceo-disciplines]].

**entityType:** organization. **Enrichment:** canonical reference is the firm's website (searchable as 'AdvantageCEO Samantha Allison Taavo Godtfredsen').