by Scott Gelbard | Oct 14, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
There’s a counterintuitive truth I’ve observed across more than 25 years of advising businesses — from early-stage ventures in Southeast Asia to mature private companies in North America and Europe. The organizations that perform best under pressure...
by Scott Gelbard | Oct 14, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
In my experience, founders fall into two broad categories when it comes to thinking about how their business story ends. The first group treats exit planning as a distant abstraction — something to think about when the time comes, not now, not while there is still so...
by Scott Gelbard | Aug 12, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
Every successful business eventually reaches a point where growth becomes more complicated than simply working harder. Revenue may be increasing, talented employees may be in place, and customers may remain loyal, yet something still feels constrained. Opportunities...
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...
