Businesses accumulate IP the way houses accumulate wiring: incrementally, undocumented, and discovered properly only when something fails — a funding diligence, a copycat, a departed founder. The audit replaces that discovery-by-crisis with a deliberate map.
When audits earn their fee fastest
- Before fundraising or acquisition talks — you find the gaps before the other side's lawyers do.
- After years of growth without IP housekeeping — multiple products, freelancers, group entities.
- Before major spend on enforcement or filings — so money goes where exposure actually is.
Try the free self-audit on this site first; it maps the questions a full audit answers with evidence.