Scale will get you strategy
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Scaling operations often forces a company to clarify its strategic direction.
- In plain terms
- Growth pushes you to figure out your plan.
- What can you take from it?
- Use expansion to define your strategy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What happens when you grow too fast?
- How does size change your goals?
Another view
Scaling without a clear strategy can lead to chaos.
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