Business Foundation

These foundational tools help you assess the underlying health of your business environment. Just as a gardener needs to understand soil composition before planting, entrepreneurs must evaluate their starting conditions to ensure successful growth.

A layered diagram illustrating the foundation of a business represented as soil layers, starting from core values at the bottom and ending with growth opportunities at the top. Each layer contains text describing different aspects like foundation, resources, capabilities, understanding customers, operational processes, and where new ideas flourish.
Soil to Strategy Companion Guide

These resources help you provide consistent care and protection once your business has taken root. Learn to identify growth obstacles before they harm your business, make strategic pruning decisions, and create productive connections across your business ecosystem.

Soil to Strategy Strategy Map
  • A layered illustration of a garden bed with labeled soil layers representing components of a business foundation, topped with green plants. Layers from bottom to top include foundation: core values and purpose, resources to support your business, capabilities, market knowledge, business systems, operational processes and organization, and where new ideas take root and flourish.

    Build it - Business Foundation

  • A modern building with wooden and stone elements situated on a green hillside with snow-capped mountains in the background under a cloudy sky.

    Nurture It - Business Growth

  • Modern building with wooden facade and large glass window, situated in a mountainous landscape with grassy foreground and rugged mountain peaks in the background.

    Grow it.

  • Modern wooden house on a hillside overlooking a lake and mountain range at dawn.

    Sell it.