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‘Resilience: We know we can … overcome any challenge that is presented to us.’

‘Resilience: We know we can … overcome any challenge that is presented to us.’

by Deborah Steinthal | Mar 3, 2021 | blog, COVID-19, Go-to-market planning, Growth planning, Leadership, Organization Strategy, Updates

Deborah Steinthal, Managing Director I Scion Advisors I McMinnville, Oregon   This is a follow up to my May 2020 article, ‘How COVID-19 is making ‘warriors’ out of wine entrepreneurs’. I wrote how the events of 2020 ‘would make warriors out of Northwest wine and...
How COVID-19 is making ‘warriors’ out of wine entrepreneurs.

How COVID-19 is making ‘warriors’ out of wine entrepreneurs.

by Deborah Steinthal | May 6, 2020 | blog, COVID-19, Go-to-market planning, Growth planning, Leadership, Updates

Author – Deborah Steinthal, Managing Director I Scion Advisors I McMinnville, Oregon COVID-19’s toll on the wine industry is substantial, with potential long-term consequences.  Everyone’s context has been scrambled. Things are super fluid. It is impossible to...
Fostering wineries BUILT TO LAST in the Northwest

Fostering wineries BUILT TO LAST in the Northwest

by Deborah Steinthal | Oct 20, 2016 | Exit Planning, Go-to-market planning, Growth planning, Leadership, Updates

How to drive a 30%+ increase in customer lifetime value through a great Customer Experience.

How to drive a 30%+ increase in customer lifetime value through a great Customer Experience.

by Deborah Steinthal | Jul 19, 2015 | Go-to-market planning, Growth planning

This article outlines best practices for driving increased customer loyalty and advocacy though thoughtfully designed customer experience architectures. Research is showing a 10% rise in customer retention can yield a 30+% increase in value to the company

Scenario example: Building cash by building EBIT (a cash flow surrogate).

Scenario example: Building cash by building EBIT (a cash flow surrogate).

by Deborah Steinthal | Jun 15, 2015 | Go-to-market planning, Growth planning, Leadership

Hank Salvo, Managing Director. A 100,000 case winery owned by a first generation (G1) founder plans to sell his business to his kids. To achieve their objectives, the family business must grow to accommodate more second generation (G2) owners and generate more cash...
Why small businesses rarely scale and big ones die-off.

Why small businesses rarely scale and big ones die-off.

by Deborah Steinthal | Apr 18, 2015 | Go-to-market planning, Growth planning, Leadership

At Scion Advisors, we have worked with over 130 private business owners to drive profitable growth. Through this article, we address: what can we learn from businesses that grow and thrive, sustainably? When things don’t work out, we discover a combination of ‘misses’...
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