by Scott Gelbard | Sep 1, 2026 | Business, Scott Gelbard
There is a conversation I have had dozens of times over the course of my career. It usually happens with a successful business owner — someone who has built something real, generates solid revenue, and has run their company for a decade or more. At some point, the...
by Scott Gelbard | Sep 1, 2026 | Business, Scott Gelbard
Nobody calls a strategic advisor when things are going well. The hardest, most consequential work I do happens when a business is in distress — when cash is tightening, confidence is cracking, and the people running the company are too close to the problem to see the...
by Scott Gelbard | Aug 12, 2026 | Business, Scott Gelbard
Growth is often treated as a reward for doing things well. A company finds product-market fit, attracts customers, builds a strong team, and increases revenue. But what works at one stage of growth can become a limitation at the next. This is one of the most...
by sgelbard | Jul 14, 2026 | Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Early in my career, I worked alongside a CEO who had an extraordinary gift: he could walk into a room full of frustrated stakeholders and, within thirty minutes, have everyone aligned and...
by sgelbard | Jul 14, 2026 | Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures In 2019, one of my clients — a mid-market distribution company operating across three continents — had what looked like a textbook international strategy. Diversified markets, strong...
by sgelbard | Jul 14, 2026 | Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Early in my career, I made a decision that, in retrospect, was almost certainly wrong. I was working on a market entry strategy for a client expanding into a new geography. I had the...
