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The Five Stages of SFive
SFive guides founders through five critical stages of growth. From concept to category leadership, it defines milestones, strengthens execution, and equips companies for sustainable scaling and successful exits.
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Spark Stage
The stage where vision takes shape. Founders refine ideas, build conviction, and prepare to test demand by transforming an initial concept into a tangible opportunity.
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Survival Stage
Here, demand is tested and pricing validated. Founders prove customers exist, refine go-to-market approaches, and establish early traction needed to advance toward stability and sustainable scaling.
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Stability Stage
Systems, processes, and metrics become structured. Founders create scalable operations, align performance indicators, and establish predictable growth patterns that transform fragile progress into durable business momentum.
Significance Stage
Growth accelerates through leadership, partnerships, and market expansion. Companies refine strategies, strengthen teams, and pursue opportunities that multiply reach while consolidating their position in competitive markets.
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Success Stage
The company achieves industry authority. Founders prepare for M&A, IPO, or exit by scaling impact, proving category leadership, and strengthening investor confidence for long-term success.
The Five Stages of SFive
SFive guides founders through five critical stages of growth. From concept to category leadership, it defines milestones, strengthens execution, and equips companies for sustainable scaling and successful exits.
Spark Stage
Prove customer demand, test assumptions, and validate your idea with clear milestones that build confidence for investors and growth.
Survival Stage
Navigate early challenges by refining product-market fit, securing first customers, and establishing systems that support sustainable progress and funding.
Stability Stage
Strengthen operations, optimize pricing, and create predictable revenue engines that reduce risk and attract higher-value investors for scaling.
Significance Stage
Prepare for IPO or acquisition with disciplined growth, investor-ready systems, and strategic positioning that ensures long-term impact and success.
Success Stage
Scale revenue, expand markets, and accelerate growth with proven systems that attract larger funding and establish strong market leadership.
Spark Stage
Survival Stage
Stability Stage
Success Stage
Significance Stage
Most founders face the same roadblocks: limited access to capital, unproven markets, weak systems, misaligned teams, and the personal strain that comes with it. Catalyst provides a path forward by validating demand, building scalable revenue systems, and hitting stage milestones. Catalyst adds the focus on revenue performance, so growth builds the traction needed for the next stage.
How We Work
SFive meets founders where they are and defines the next level of growth. Each stage has clear milestones and targeted support, from proving demand at Survival to preparing for IPO or acquisition at Significance.
At every stage, Catalyst helps founders:
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Validate markets and pricing with evidence investors expect
Design and refine revenue systems that make growth predictable
Build and align teams to the company’s stage and go-to-market motion
Navigate revenue-critical hiring decisions with scoring and evaluation before commitments are made
Package outcomes for boards and investors to secure capital and conviction at each stage
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