What Entrepreneurs Get Wrong About Capital — And How to Fix It
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Capital is the oxygen of a business. Too little and you suffocate. But here's what most entrepreneurs learn too late: the wrong kind of capital, taken at the wrong time, on the wrong...
Cross-Cultural Business Isn’t About Being Polite — It’s About Being Effective
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures There's a version of cross-cultural business training that I find mostly useless. It goes something like this: don't point the soles of your feet at someone in Thailand, always present...
Why Succession Planning Is the Most Overlooked Growth Strategy in Business
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Most founders and business owners spend enormous energy building their companies — and almost none thinking about what happens after them. In my 25 years advising businesses across...
What Family Businesses Get Right That Public Companies Often Get Wrong
The quarterly earnings call is a powerful accountability mechanism. It's also, occasionally, a terrible way to run a business. By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners Inc. / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures My work spans both the family office world and the...
The Strategic Value of Patience in Business Growth
The most expensive business decisions I've witnessed weren't bold ones. They were impatient ones. By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners Inc. / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures We live in a business culture that celebrates speed. The language of growth is...
What Business Consulting Really Means in Today’s Competitive Landscape
In today's fast-changing business environment, success is no longer determined solely by having a great product or service. Organizations are expected to adapt to evolving customer expectations, embrace digital transformation, optimize operations, and respond quickly...
Preparing Businesses for Tomorrow’s Challenges Today
The business landscape is evolving faster than ever before. Technological advancements, shifting customer expectations, economic uncertainty, and increasing competition are reshaping industries across the globe. Companies that wait to react to these changes often find...
Lessons From Advising Businesses Across Three Continents
The more markets you work in, the more clearly you see what's universal and what's not. Most companies have those two categories exactly backwards. By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners Inc. / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Twenty-five years of advisory...
Why Boutique Consulting Firms Outperform the Big Four for Mid-Market Companies
Scale is an asset when scale is what you need. When it isn't, it becomes overhead — passed on to you. By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners Inc. / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Let me say at the outset: the large consulting firms employ some of the most...
The Difference Between a Good Advisor and a Great One
Anyone can confirm what you already believe. The advisors who change trajectories are the ones willing to complicate your picture. By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners Inc. / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures I've worked alongside advisors in virtually every...