The Five Games
Know which game you are playing before you decide what advice to follow.
Game 01 · Prove It
Start-Up Stage: Prove It
Get Customers, Generate Revenue and Build a Business That Can Fund Its Next Move.
Mastery target: Viability
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Game 02 · Repeat It
Stable Stage: Repeat It
Systemize a Working Business Into a Dependable Operating Company.
Mastery target: Repeatability
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Game 03 · Organize It
Growth Stage: Organize It
Professionalize Management and Build a Company That Can Handle Greater Complexity.
Mastery target: Organizational Capability
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Game 04 · Decentralize It
Early Scale Stage: Decentralize It
Move Consequential Authority to Capable Leaders Without Losing Enterprise Coherence.
Mastery target: Distributed Authority
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Game 05 · Institutionalize It
Mature Scale Stage: Institutionalize It
Build an Institution That Preserves Performance, Reproduces Leadership and Keeps Renewing Itself.
Mastery target: Institutional Maturity
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Take the Founder's Map
Ten questions locate your stage.
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