by sgelbard | Jul 2, 2026 | blog, Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
There is a prevailing narrative in business culture — particularly in the technology and startup world — that equates youth with innovation, speed with intelligence, and disruption with leadership. The founder in the hoodie. The twenty-something who saw something the...
by sgelbard | Jul 2, 2026 | blog, Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
I’ve sat across the table from a lot of leaders in crisis mode. And almost every time, somewhere in the first conversation, I hear a version of the same sentence: “We should have done this six months ago.” They’re right. And they know it. What...
by sgelbard | Jul 2, 2026 | blog, Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
When a cross-border partnership unravels, the post-mortem usually lands on one of two explanations: strategic misalignment or cultural differences. Both are real factors. But in my experience advising businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia over the past 25...
by sgelbard | Jul 2, 2026 | blog, Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
Every generation of business leaders inherits a version of the world shaped by the one before it. The tools change, the markets shift, the vocabulary evolves — but the underlying challenge of building something sustainable, leading people through uncertainty, and...