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Why do most growth companies stop growing? What can leaders do to overcome the barriers to growth? The Curve Ahead tackles these questions using examples from brands like LoJack and Myspace which experienced a similar decline. This book will help SMEs overcome the growth hump by providing tools to succeed and thrive.

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Successful growth companies never stop searching for the next innovation. Entrepreneurs who want to build more than a one-product company need to read The Curve Ahead. --Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures It is a Have Lunch or Be Lunch world out there. The Curve Ahead reveals what the most successful CEOs have learned: you need to find your next S-Curve if you want to keep growing. -- Scott McNealy, Chairman of Wayin and Former CEO of Sun Microsystems The Curve Ahead is a thoughtful and excellent guide to keeping new companies on their growth path as well as helping re-invigorate companies that have stumbled on the way. Dave reminds us all that continued growth always involves anticipating what will make you successful in the future and then doing the work--across the organization-- to make that future actually happen. -- Joe Lassiter, Faculty Chair of the Harvard innovation Lab and Heinz Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. The best companies of our generation aren't one hit wonders; they are constantly innovating on behalf of their customers. The Curve Ahead identifies tangible ways executives can leverage data and customer engagement to see around corners and achieve the entrepreneur's holy grail: ongoing and sustained growth for the long haul. --Brian Halligan, CEO HubspotIn The Curve Ahead, Dave Power does what he's always done best - help executives to ask themselves the right questions about their growth strategy -- Mike Stankey, President & Chief Operating Officer, Workday, Inc. Essential reading for anyone who wants to take their business to the next level. Two giant likeable thumbs up for this must-read! -Dave Kerpen, NY Times Bestselling Author, Likeable Business You rule! There is so much written about how to turn a startup into a thriving business, but what happens when you have succeeded and are challenged with sustaining your wild success? Dave Power lays it all out clearly in The Curve Ahe

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Dave Power, CEO of Perkins, has guided growth companies as an operating executive, board member and advisor for over 25 years. He also teaches Innovation and Strategy, and Design Thinking at Harvard Extension School. Dave was CEO of Novera Software, Chief Marketing Officer of RSA Security and a General Manager at Sun Microsystems. He was also a partner at Fidelity Ventures where he was an investor and board member at many growth stage companies. Dave earned engineering degrees at Tufts University, and an MBA from Stanford Business School where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. Dave is a Certified Gazelles International Coach. Follow Dave @PerkinsCEO.

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