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
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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