About Aligned KPIs™
Built by 1 to 100 Advisors, Inc.

Built by CEOs. For CEOs.

Aligned KPIs™ was founded by DJ Muller, a three-time CEO and technology entrepreneur who has spent decades building companies, working with boards, and helping leaders make better decisions.

This is the story of where the idea came from, and what we came to believe along the way.

Our approach wasn't invented in a marketing meeting. It came from the seat.

DJ Muller, Founder of 1 to 100 Advisors
DJ Muller Founder
Where the idea came from

A decade learning how the best operators actually run companies.

Some of the most important lessons behind Aligned KPIs™ came from more than a decade working as a CEO and alongside CEOs, investors, and operators within billion-dollar venture capital firms.

Venture firms face an interesting challenge. They may have dozens or even hundreds of companies in their portfolios. They can't run each business themselves. Instead, they develop disciplined frameworks for understanding performance — using trusted data, consistent metrics, operating rhythms, and clear accountability to quickly see what's working, what isn't, and where leadership attention is needed.

DJ saw firsthand how powerful that discipline could be. He began adapting many of those frameworks and operating practices to his own companies and, eventually, to the CEOs and organizations he advised.

Those practices weren't theory. They were how serious operators kept their bearings.

The gap we saw

The same responsibilities. Not the same resources.

At the same time, he saw a significant gap.

Large companies and venture-backed businesses often have sophisticated financial teams, analysts, operating partners, and business intelligence resources. Most small and midsized organizations don't. Yet their CEOs are still expected to understand the entire business, report confidently to a board, anticipate problems, allocate resources, and make consequential decisions.

The information they need is often scattered across accounting systems, CRMs, spreadsheets, and reports.

Why we exist

Aligned KPIs was created to close that gap.

Our goal is to bring the visibility and operating discipline used to build and scale high-performing companies to CEOs who don't have an entire analytics and operating team behind them.

What we believe

We don't believe CEOs need more dashboards. We believe they need better decisions.

Data alone isn't the answer. Trustworthy information combined with experienced judgment is.

Technology is the tailwind. Judgment is the edge.

Over decades of building companies and working alongside experienced CEOs, investors, and operators, we've learned that the real advantage doesn't come from having more information. It comes from trusting the information you have, and having someone experienced to think it through with.

So every KPI, view, and recommendation inside Aligned KPIs™ is built around a single question: “Will this help a CEO make a better decision today?”

Why Platform + Partnership

It's the combination that matters.

Platform + Partnership wasn't a packaging decision. It's what the experience kept pointing to: data and technology are powerful, but they become significantly more valuable in the hands of executive judgment, operating experience, and disciplined management practices.

The platform

Timely, trustworthy Executive Visibility.

The numbers that matter, current and reliable, in one place — so the picture of the business is never a reconstruction project.

The partnership

Experienced executive perspective on the numbers.

Helping CEOs identify what matters, ask better questions, and turn insight into action. An experienced executive alongside you, not billable advisory hours.

Executive Partnership also stands on its own — strategic planning, board facilitation, KPI development, executive advisory. It isn't a path to a software sale.

Who's behind it

DJ Muller has sat in the seat.

Three decades building and leading technology companies, working with boards, and advising the CEOs of chambers, associations, and growing businesses.

  • Three-time CEO and technology entrepreneur
  • Three decades building and scaling technology companies
  • More than a decade as a CEO and alongside CEOs, investors, and operators within billion-dollar venture capital firms
  • Years of experience working with boards and board chairs
  • 10+ years coaching CEOs and senior executives across industries
  • Recognized by Microsoft as a technology innovator
The point of all of it

Because the goal isn't to give a CEO more data. It's to help them build a better company.

That's the test we hold ourselves to. Not reports generated, not dashboards shipped — whether a leader can see their business clearly, decide with confidence, and keep the organization moving in the same direction.

Let's talk

Book a 15-minute call.

Tell us what you're trying to see more clearly. We'll give you an honest read on where your visibility stands. No pressure — just a practical conversation with CEOs who've been in the seat.

Prefer to start on your own? Take the free Executive Visibility Assessment for an instant read on your Executive Visibility.

Aligned KPIs™ — our platform and our broader vision for how CEOs run and grow their organizations.