The Corporate Curve from Birth to Death

Each company goes through a curve from birth to death.

Each starts from the vision of an entrepreneur in Founder's Passion.

After it grows to a certain size, the founder finds he or she can't do it all. But trusting the vision to others is difficult. This is the Founder's Trap.

Once the company resolves this crisis, the road to success opens up and the Success Joyride begins. But success brings in the politics of others and the pressure of changing. Can the original vision survive? And should it? This is Loss of Vision.

Courting Death sets in if Loss of Vision is not resolved. How a company ends matters very much. There can be life after death.