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Why New Consumer Brands Must Scale Faster

By Administrator | 14 July 2016

"The cycle time from the small seed of an idea to successful scale has shortened dramatically. Barriers to entry have never been lower. Capital is plentiful.

This may sound like the start to another technology startup story, but actually we are talking about startups in consumer packaged goods. Steve Demos, the founder of Silk Soymilk, used to joke that Silk is a 25-year overnight success. Today, scaling a company like Silk can take only one-fifth of that time." Read more

Eddie Yoon and Steve Hughes Harvard Business Review 8 July 2016

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