System Atlas

Market and positioning → lead generation → pricing → org structure (+2)

How information is recorded, decided on and fed back. Mostly data and decisions, with information fed back.

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
  1. Decisions
    Market and positioning
    in 100% of instances
    money
  2. Process
    Lead generation
    in 100% of instances
    then
  3. Decisions
    Pricing
    in 100% of instances
    then
  4. People
    Org structure
    in 90% of instances
    control
  5. Process
    Product or service design
    in 95% of instances
    then
  6. Decisions
    Policies and culture
    in 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
People1
Org structure
90%
19
Process2
Lead generation
100%
21
Product or service design
95%
20
Decisions3
Market and positioning
100%
21
Pricing
100%
21
Policies and culture
100%
21
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.

  • Pricing3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Tacit rule 1 · at 3 companies
  • Sales3 findings
    Manual hand-off 2 · Dependency 1 · at 2 companies
  • Scheduling and capacity2 findings
    Dependency (public record) 2 · at 2 companies
  • Production or delivery2 findings
    Dependency 2 · at 2 companies
  • Billing and invoicing1 finding
    Manual hand-off 1 · at 1 company
  • Governance and decision rights1 finding
    Dependency (public record) 1 · at 1 company
  • Hiring1 finding
    Dependency 1 · at 1 company
  • Market and positioning1 finding
    Tacit rule 1 · at 1 company
Seen across
Where it holds
Business model
  • product38%
  • subscription33%
  • marketplace10%
  • asset5%
Size
  • 1000+ people19%
  • 11-50 people10%
  • 201-500 people10%
  • 501-1000 people10%
  • 51-200 people10%
Region
  • United States57%
  • Bay Area, CA and Amsterdam, NL5%
  • France5%
  • Germany / United States5%
  • Los Angeles, California, United States5%
  • Northern 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.