Strategy: Long-term planning

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Long-term planning

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Making better decisions under uncertainty: four practical anchors

The Science of Scaling May 7, 2026


Long-term planning 9
Goal setting 5
  • Your gut replays the past — always check what's different now
  • Treat prolonged uncertainty as the new normal, not a moment
  • Research and analysis are two distinct steps, not one

Business models

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PriceSmart: The Club Store Model Exported to Emerging Markets

Business Breakdowns May 1, 2026


Business models 9
Long-term planning 7
Pricing strategy 6
  • PriceSmart holds a club-store monopoly across 12 emerging markets
  • 40% of operating earnings locked in upfront via membership fees
  • Owns its real estate and logistics — the deliberate moat

Long-term planning

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The 100X question: the most powerful strategy prompt for your team

Scaling Up with Verne Harnish April 17, 2026


Long-term planning 9
Goal setting 6
  • One question reveals constraints your team has never noticed
  • 100X thinking forces pivots that 10X planning never surfaces
  • Work backwards from 100X — you'll land far beyond 10X

Long-term planning

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Why tracking trends is no longer enough: Amy Webb on convergences

Masters of Scale March 19, 2026


Long-term planning 10
Competitive analysis 8
AI strategy & adoption 7
  • Trends alone are insufficient — convergences are what actually reshape industries.
  • Programmable biology will transform medicine, agriculture, energy, and warfare.
  • China is building AI infrastructure for 1.4 billion people; the US has no plan.

Vision & mission

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Why "Painted Picture" became Vivid Vision

Cameron Herold March 16, 2026


Vision & mission 9
Long-term planning 6
  • "Painted picture" made people think of vision boards, not strategy.
  • Vivid Vision: a 3–4 page written description of your company in 3 years.
  • The concept came from an Olympic coach, not Cameron Herold.

Long-term planning

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Six-Step Formula to Build and Rebuild a Million-Dollar Business

KeyPersonOfInfluence March 15, 2026


Long-term planning 9
Product-market fit 7
Management 6
  • Six non-skippable steps take any business from zero to scale.
  • Team size and specialist depth must match the current stage.
  • Playing the founder role fully unlocks everyone else's performance.

Long-term planning

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Book recommendations for persuasion, strategy, and social change

The Daily Stoic March 13, 2026


Long-term planning 9
Growth hacking 7
Communication 6
  • Being right isn't enough — mastering framing and persuasion is.
  • Civil rights leaders ran a deliberate military campaign, not a protest.
  • Small players beat entrenched opponents through strategy, not resources.

Long-term planning

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Five skills to unlearn when scaling from $1M to $10M

Ryan Deiss February 17, 2026


Long-term planning 10
Management 8
Pricing strategy 5
  • First-mountain survival skills actively block second-mountain scale.
  • Replace gut decisions with scorecards — bad calls cost too much at $10M.
  • Turn your to-do list into a to-build list: assets work when you don't.

Long-term planning

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Five hard business lessons from a year of costly failures

Ryan Deiss February 8, 2026


Long-term planning 8
Resilience & grit 6
Cash flow management 5
  • Reframing around distributions fixed a stalled company in 60 days
  • 17 simultaneous initiatives completed two; five initiatives completed five
  • Your excuse for not acting is the exact reason you must

Long-term planning

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Five levels of scale: what to learn and unlearn at each stage

Ryan Deiss January 18, 2026


Long-term planning 10
Delegation 8
Processes & SOPs 7
  • The skill that got you to this level will stall the next one.
  • Delegating menial tasks doesn't free you — it creates a management job.
  • Most businesses die between $2M and $5M, not at $10M.

Long-term planning

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Why "Strategic Planning" Is a Broken Term — and How to Fix It

Cameron Herold January 6, 2026


Long-term planning 9
Business operating systems 6
  • Strategy is thinking; planning is execution — never conflate them.
  • Five-year plans are obsolete; cap detailed planning at 12 months.
  • Work backwards from hire dates — recruiting takes four months minimum.

Long-term planning

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Focus on the critical few things to build compounding momentum

Cameron Herold December 31, 2025


Long-term planning 8
Deep work & focus 6
  • More initiatives slow growth — one or two focused bets compound.
  • Redirect Health's 3,000 five-star reviews came from one relentless push.
  • Escape velocity: heavy effort early, then momentum pays dividends forever.

Long-term planning

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How to scale a startup from feature to business

EO December 11, 2025


Long-term planning 9
Product-market fit 7
Retention & loyalty 6
  • If existing customers aren't paying you more, you're only hunting.
  • Product-market fit breaks at every revenue threshold — plan ahead.
  • Inertia, not competitors, is your biggest enemy inside and outside.

Long-term planning

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Five-step go-to-market plan to scale your software business

TK Kader December 7, 2025


Long-term planning 9
Growth hacking 7
  • Why skipping go-to-market steps wastes more time than it saves
  • Your core atomic unit reveals whether sales and marketing are working
  • Exit relationships built today can yield acquisition deals in 18 months

Long-term planning

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Macy's navigates tariffs, turbulence and retail evolution

Masters of Scale November 25, 2025


Long-term planning 8
Management 6
AI strategy & adoption 5
  • Department stores thrive by blending physical experience with digital, not imitating e-commerce alone.
  • Weekly forecast updates and hourly staffing adjustments beat rigid quarterly plans in volatile markets.
  • Gen Z seeks in-person socialization; elevate store experience from transaction to community event.

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