NAME THAT STAGE
Clue: This is the very first stage of business development, where the founder IS the business.
What is Existence (Stage 1)?
This is the growth engine of Stage 1, when there's nothing in place but the founder's drive and ideas
What is Creativity?
These are the two buckets that fall under People
What are Team Structure and Development Structure?
This is the SG operating system that organizes every stage of development
What is People-Purpose-Process?
A founder who is still defining vision, mission, purpose, and values is doing the work of THIS stage
What is Existence (Stage 1)?
Passion/Burden/Talent → Plan → Commitment is this three-phase SG framework
What is the Vision Path?
At this stage, the business has traction but cashflow is still fragile and the leader needs direction, not just motivation
What is Sustain (Stage 2)?
This is the growth engine of Stage 2, when the business has activity but needs a clear path forward
What is Direction?
These are the two buckets that fall under Purpose
What are Theory of Change and Impact?
Theory of Change and Impact live under this pillar
What is Purpose?
A leader spending all their time documenting Standard Operating Procedures is doing work that belongs to THIS stage
What is Success (Stage 3)?
V, A, D, and I — these four letters stand for the four quadrants of THIS framework
What is VADI? (Vision, Administration, Development, Implementation)
This is the stage where operational plans, systems, processes, and a real budget become the focus — and the leader finally starts handing things off
What is Success (Stage 3)?
This is the growth engine of Stage 3, when the leader can no longer do everything themselves
What is Delegation?
These are the two buckets that fall under Process
What are Budget and Business Plan / Strategic Plan?
Budget and Business/Strategic Plan live under this pillar
What is Process?
This is the biggest mistake early-stage entrepreneurs make — doing the work of a later stage when they haven't anchored the one they're in
What is doing future-stage work / skipping stages?
Thought Leaders, Champions, and Impact Staff are the three categories of THIS taxonomy
What is the Team Roles Taxonomy?
Teams, coordination, planning, and branding define this stage where multiple departments now have to move together
What is Take-Off (Stage 4)?
This is the growth engine of Stage 4, when multiple teams and moving parts have to align
What is Coordination?
This is the total number of buckets assessed at every stage of business development
What is six?
Team Structure and Development Structure live under this pillar
What is People?
Building niche clarity, proving impact, stabilizing cashflow, and growing a customer base — this is the operational work of THIS stage
What is Sustain (Stage 2)?
Plans → Strategies → Systems → Processes is the order of THIS hierarchy.
What is the Development Tools Hierarchy?
Innovation, marketing sophistication, financial planning, competition, and technology are the markers of this final stage
What is Maturity (Stage 5)?
This is the growth engine of Stage 5, when the business grows by partnering with peers, markets, and ecosystems
What is Collaboration?
This is what changes about the 6 buckets as a business moves from one stage to the next — the buckets stay the same, but THIS evolves
What is the work inside each bucket? (Accept: what goes in each bucket / how it's done)
his is Something Great's three-word tagline — and the operating system underneath every framework SG teaches
What is People. Purpose. Process.?
This SG term means earning advancement to the next stage — not jumping to it, but actually qualifying for it
What is matriculation?
This is SG's alternative to the traditional org chart — it maps team members across VADI quadrants and assigns each person a team role
What is the Collaboration Chart?