Right after sending this as a “naked” comment, my mind cleared a bit and I found the original reply that I was basing my comment on:
Amran Gowani
Writes Field Research by Amran Gowani1 hr ago
"Slowly, then all at once."
Amran said all that needs to be said, but I can never pass up a chance to make something more complex…
I just returned home from a “rescue” mission, and started to reply to someone who posted something like, “it will start slow, then suddenly grow.” Now, I can’t find my way back to that and it is past 1 pm CDT again, but…
I had already located this old blog post. I’m not convinced that it will link to that entire post, but here are the first two paragraphs and you *might* be able to follow this link to the rest:
In the business world, there is something called a “Hockey Stick Graph” that tracks the typical income stream when a successful new business starts up. First, the business goes in the hole due to start-up expenses, then slowly begins to see money coming in, a process that can be discouraging.
A hockey stick has a “blade” that briefy slants down from the tip and then turns sharply upwards at the “elbow.” If the numbers along the bottom represent time and the numbers along the side represent profits for a new business, the graph line will come to resemble a hockey stick, if the business has a good idea, a good plan and the owner puts forth a good effort.
Slowly, then all at once.
Right after sending this as a “naked” comment, my mind cleared a bit and I found the original reply that I was basing my comment on:
Amran Gowani
Writes Field Research by Amran Gowani1 hr ago
"Slowly, then all at once."
Amran said all that needs to be said, but I can never pass up a chance to make something more complex…
I just returned home from a “rescue” mission, and started to reply to someone who posted something like, “it will start slow, then suddenly grow.” Now, I can’t find my way back to that and it is past 1 pm CDT again, but…
I had already located this old blog post. I’m not convinced that it will link to that entire post, but here are the first two paragraphs and you *might* be able to follow this link to the rest:
Hockey Stick Graph
https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6402357994430594268/3415113712359865088
In the business world, there is something called a “Hockey Stick Graph” that tracks the typical income stream when a successful new business starts up. First, the business goes in the hole due to start-up expenses, then slowly begins to see money coming in, a process that can be discouraging.
A hockey stick has a “blade” that briefy slants down from the tip and then turns sharply upwards at the “elbow.” If the numbers along the bottom represent time and the numbers along the side represent profits for a new business, the graph line will come to resemble a hockey stick, if the business has a good idea, a good plan and the owner puts forth a good effort.