Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. It’s helpful to first understand the various stages involved in improving business processes. In the U.S., Recall how the U.S. Handoff errors would result.

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Industry Stage-Gate Organization Company 269

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

All of these factors can impact your new business’s bottom line, and you don’t want to enter into an unprofitable business from the start because you overlooked an important question or two in the preliminary stages. If your financing is secure. Determine the risks before jumping in with both feet, and you’ll thank yourself later.

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Stage-Gate Real Estate PR Brand 51

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

So, how would you prepare for a stage gate meeting that includes a "Go/No-Go" decision on continuing to develop a specific product? Just as crucial is the methodology- asking the right questions from the outset that are relevant to the gate decision. He manages strategic accounts and oversees Signals’s partnership program.

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Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

Here’s a guide to managing a rapidly expanding business…. You should be placing a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction no matter what stage your business is in, but it’s especially important to make sure you’re not getting distracted by scalability. Think About Finances. Have a Medium-Term Goal, and Stick to It.

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Short-term Long-term Stage-Gate Mentor 63

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Through the Entrepreneur Journeys project, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur’s life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage. In my roundtables, the vast majority of entrepreneurs I work with are in this rather vulnerable pre $1 million revenue stage. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Benjamin Graham , the father of value investing, seldom met the managers of the companies he invested in because he felt they would tell him only what they wished him to hear and because he didn’t want to be influenced by impressions of personality. So is there something different about the managers who do succeed?

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Stage-Gate Kaplan Competitive Advantage Intangible Assets 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Schedules are packed as the high-stakes finance crowd gathers to hear 20-minute rapid-fire talks by CEOs of start-ups and public companies who seek funding or favorable stock analysts' reports. In contrast, my client, the CEO of a new biotech company walks on stage, rolls up his shirt sleeve, and stops at the center of the stage.

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Stage-Gate Venture Capitalist Reis Sports 15