A hockey stick is good for many things, the most important of which is to play hockey. It’s not really good for financial forecasting.

Still, I see many leaders create financial forecasts that look just like a hockey stick. You’ve probably seen it too. It looks like this

s-curve growth hockey stick

 

Hockey stick growth is awesome in theory. The problem is that it’s mostly just in theory. Very rarely do you actually see a hockey stick growth curve – and if you do, you’re probably just not panning out far enough.

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