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Insights on Positioning, Alignment, and Strategic Narrative
Writing intended for people making the decision, not for people searching for vendors. Each article states its answer first, then explains the reasoning behind it.
Company positioning
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Positioning Is a Leadership Decision, Not a Marketing Exercise
Positioning is a leadership decision because it determines what the company is, who it serves, and what it declines to do. Marketing communicates that decision; it cannot make it, because the tradeoffs involved belong to the people who allocate capital and set strategy.
Read “Positioning Is a Leadership Decision, Not a Marketing Exercise” →Company positioning
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How Growing Companies Outgrow Their Original Story
A company outgrows its original story when the explanation that earned early customers no longer accounts for what the company sells, who buys it, or where value now comes from. The signal is not declining demand; it is increasing effort required to explain the company.
Read “How Growing Companies Outgrow Their Original Story” →Leadership alignment
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The Cost of Five Executives Telling Five Different Stories
When executives explain the company differently, the cost appears as slower deals, contradictory roadmaps, slower onboarding, and investor skepticism. The divergence is rarely a communication failure; it is unresolved strategic disagreement expressed as language.
Read “The Cost of Five Executives Telling Five Different Stories” →Leadership alignment
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Messaging Problem or Strategy Problem? How to Tell the Difference
It is a messaging problem if a competent writer, given the company's agreed strategy, could fix it in a week. It is a strategy problem if the writer would first have to decide something leadership has not decided.
Read “Messaging Problem or Strategy Problem? How to Tell the Difference” →Company positioning
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Repositioning After Product-Market Fit
Repositioning after product-market fit means changing the company's stated position while an existing position is producing revenue. The risk is not being wrong about the future; it is discarding the evidence that made the current business work.
Read “Repositioning After Product-Market Fit” →Investor narratives
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How to Build an Investor Narrative Without Resorting to Hype
A strong investor narrative is an argument, not an adjective. It states what the company is, why the market is moving, what the company has proven, and what it intends to prove next — with the evidence attached to each claim.
Read “How to Build an Investor Narrative Without Resorting to Hype” →Product and portfolio narrative
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Portfolio or List? When Multiple Products Stop Adding Up
A portfolio has a governing logic that explains why the products belong together and what the customer gains from the combination. A list does not. The test is whether removing a product would change the company's argument.
Read “Portfolio or List? When Multiple Products Stop Adding Up” →Acquisition and integration
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The Acquisition Narrative Problem in the First Ninety Days
In the first ninety days after an acquisition, the essential decision is what the combined company now is. Until leadership answers that, integration communication describes activity while customers, employees, and partners construct their own conclusions.
Read “The Acquisition Narrative Problem in the First Ninety Days” →
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Topics Currently in Development
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What a Category Definition Has to Do Before Anyone Adopts It
Category definition
Who Owns the Company Narrative When Everyone Uses It
Leadership alignment
Positioning Under Board Pressure: Deciding Without Overcorrecting
Leadership alignment
The Difference Between a Differentiator and a Feature List
Company positioning
When Moving Upmarket Requires a New Company Definition
Company positioning
Naming Is Not Positioning, and It Rarely Fixes It
Company positioning
Explaining a Platform Before the Platform Exists
Product and portfolio narrative
Pricing as Evidence of a Positioning Decision
Product and portfolio narrative
Ecosystem Go-to-Market: Why Partners Reinterpret Your Story
Ecosystem go-to-market
Developer Audiences and the Limits of Corporate Narrative
Ecosystem go-to-market
Commercializing Emerging Technology Before Buyers Have a Frame
Emerging-technology commercialization
Analyst Frameworks: Influence Without Overclaiming
Category definition
What Boards Actually Ask When They Ask About Strategy
Investor narratives
Preparing a Narrative for Diligence, Not for a First Meeting
Investor narratives
Integrating Two Sales Narratives Without Choosing a Winner
Acquisition and integration
Retiring a Brand Without Losing the Customers Attached to It
Acquisition and integration
The Second Product Problem
Product and portfolio narrative
When to Define a Category and When to Compete in One
Category definition
Positioning for Two Buyers Without Splitting the Company
Company positioning
How Executive Teams Relitigate Settled Decisions
Leadership alignment
The Evidence Standard for Public Claims
Investor narratives
Turning a Technical Advantage Into a Commercial One
Emerging-technology commercialization
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