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 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...
by sgelbard | Jul 14, 2026 | Business, Business Consultant, Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Not long ago, I sat across the table from the CEO of a mid-sized manufacturing company in Central Europe. He was dismissive. ESG, he told me, was a passing trend — a checkbox exercise...
