How to read a score without over-trusting it
A score is a triage instrument. Treat a high score as permission to look harder, not permission to skip diligence.
The most common mistake with any automated deal score is treating it as a verdict. It is not one, and using it that way will eventually cost you money.
What the score is good at: ranking a pile of opportunities so you spend your limited attention on the ones that deserve it, and flagging specific dimensions that look weak so you know where to dig.
What it cannot know: anything not in the documents you gave it. Seller misrepresentation, undisclosed customer churn, a key employee already interviewing elsewhere, a lease that will not renew. A confident score on thin inputs is confident about thin inputs.
Practical rule: let the score decide where your diligence hours go. Never let it decide whether to skip them.
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