Growth Insights for CEOs

Are You Building a Business That's Ready to Scale - or Just a Business That Has Had Great Growth?
Executive Takeaways
- The commercial function that got you to $10M–$15M was built for that stage. It doesn't automatically scale to the next one.
- Most founders don't see the gap from the inside. Buyers will see it immediately.
- Seven diagnostic signals reveal whether your revenue engine is built to scale — or just built for today.
- The earlier you find the gaps, the less expensive they are to close.
There is a version of business success that feels like momentum but isn't quite there yet.
Recent Posts

CEO Shares the Benefits of Participating in a Peer Advisory Group
Mon, Apr 24, 2017 — CEO Experiences Growth from Being a Member of Vistage Chief Outsiders Fractional CMO, Neil Anderson, has a conversation with Vistage Member and CEO of TalenTrust, Kathleen Quinn Votaw, about her experience with Vistage, an executive coaching organization that provides leadership training and business coaching to CEOs and Executives.

"I Don't Know Anyone Here" - 8 Tips on What Not To Do!
Sun, May 12, 2013 — This is a revised blog, originally posted on UNDER30CEO. I am sure most of you have been in a situation similar to mine. Last month, I attended Social Slam in Knoxville, Tenn. I knew absolutely no one who was going to the conference, but I decided to attend because I believed it was relatively close to my new home in Charleston, S.C. (Seven hours later, in a tremendous rainstorm, I arrived. I stand corrected.) The experience gave me the opportunity to adopt a fresh perspective on attending a conference as an unknown. I knew it would be hard to go and meet people, but I figured, “So what? I’m an adult.” I was up for it — and you should be, too. Pushing myself beyond my comfort zone improved my networking skills and expanded my circle in new ways.