by Scott Gelbard | Jul 16, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures There is a conversation I find myself having regularly with the founders and family business owners I advise — a conversation that tends to produce immediate, visible discomfort. It goes...
by Scott Gelbard | Jul 16, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Every founder and executive faces a version of the same gut-wrenching question at some point in their career: is this a problem we need to push through, or a signal we need to change...
by Scott Gelbard | Jul 16, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures There is a persistent myth in the mid-market business world: that capital markets are for large corporations, investment banks, and institutional players with armies of lawyers. The result...
by Scott Gelbard | Jul 16, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures There is a particular kind of stall that experienced business leaders recognize — not a dramatic failure, not a crisis, but a slow-motion divergence between where the business is...
by Scott Gelbard | Jul 16, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures Every serious business transaction comes with a due diligence process. Financial statements, legal documentation, tax records, customer contracts, IP filings, compliance history — the...
by Scott Gelbard | Jul 16, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Scott Gelbard
By Scott Gelbard, Founder — SGI Global Partners / Managing Partner — Peak Ventures I have seen more well-crafted strategies fail not because the thinking was flawed, but because the timing was off. A brilliant market entry plan launched six months too early. A...
