Market and positioning → lead generation → pricing → org structure (+2)
Workflows that drive an outcome from step to step. Process steps that hand work to each other.
Within one industryHolds in Information & media. Counted from public, sourced parts only; each organization below links to the parts it was counted on.
- Organizations running it
- 21
- Of their industry
- 0%
The pattern
What every instance has, in order
- DecisionsMarket and positioningin 95% of instancesmoney
- ProcessLead generationin 90% of instancesthen
- DecisionsPricingin 100% of instancesthen
- PeopleOrg structurein 90% of instancescontrol
- ProcessProduct or service designin 95% of instancesthen
- ProcessHiringin 100% of instances
Coloured arrows: a flow of that type seen between the two at instance organizations. Grey arrows: order only.
Structure
Element
Share of instances
Companies
Quality control
57%
12
Production or delivery
52%
11
Billing and invoicing
48%
10
Customer onboarding
43%
9
Logistics and fulfilment
33%
7
Scheduling and capacity
33%
7
Variant · where they differ
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.
Couplings · what comes together
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.
Entropy
Where it runs rough
Operating-reality findings at instance companies: workarounds, manual hand-offs, bottlenecks.
- Sales4 findingsManual hand-off 3 · Dependency 1 · at 3 companies
- Suppliers and partners4 findingsDependency 3 · Manual hand-off (public record) 1 · at 4 companies
- Org structure3 findingsBottleneck (public record) 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · Informal channel (public record) 1 · at 3 companies
- Pricing3 findingsManual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
- Production or delivery2 findingsDependency 2 · at 2 companies
- Core system of record2 findingsDependency 1 · Dependency (public record) 1 · at 2 companies
- Billing and invoicing1 findingManual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
- Scheduling and capacity1 findingDependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Industries
- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers38%
- Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers14%
- Foundation model developers10%
- Machine learning and AI developer tooling10%
- B2B SaaS5%
- Companies5%
Business model
- product48%
- subscription24%
- asset5%
- marketplace5%
Size
- 1000+ people24%
- 11-50 people10%
- 201-500 people10%
- 501-1000 people10%
Region
- United States62%
- Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL5%
- Canada5%
- France5%
- Germany / United States5%
- Los Angeles, California, United States5%
Instances
The 21 companies it was seen at
Member
Variants, couplings and instances
Every level, number, source and dimension: Member, $300 a year.