About the Sponsors

SAP is the world's largest business software company, and offers a proven portfolio of affordable and effective solutions for growing businesses. SAP Business ByDesign is our on-demand offering, delivered for a highly affordable monthly subscription and fully managed by SAP.

SAP Business ByDesign can be implemented within weeks and offers a complete solution to streamline every part of the business today - and the flexibility to expand tomorrow as the needs of the business change.
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Inc., the only major business magazine edited exclusively for CEOs of fast-growing private companies, delivers real solutions for today's innovative company builders. It provides hands-on resources and market-tested strategies for managing people, finances, sales, marketing and technology. And Inc. looks beyond work to address the entrepreneurial lifestyle. Inc. inspires and informs, with cutting-edge coverage that reflects our readers' energy, brashness and imagination.
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Value Proposition
Inc. Navigator is a quick and easy way for CEOs to keep their teams working on the things that really matter.

What is Inc. Navigator?

• Inc. Navigator is an online membership that provides useful and easy to use tools for CEOs to the following:
• Quickly align the leadership team around the company's top 3-5 ‘must-do' priorities
• Drive accountability and alignment using a concise by comprehensive company scoreboard where your team votes on how well the company is executing on its priorities and key actions
• Get monthly insights into how fast growing companies are performing and forecasting
• Determine if the company is generating a good return on your investments in people and other assets
• Create a deep dive diagnostic (in less than an hour) of the company that produces a report revealing team misalignment and action points on 4 critical categories: Market, Management, Model and Money (4M)

What questions does Inc. Navigator answer for the CEO?

• What are the (real) 3-5 priorities?
• Where is the team out of sync on those priorities?
• How can I make my strategy and tracking process simple?
• How do I (the CEO) stay focused, and keep my team focused, on the most important actions?
• How can (the CEO) think more like an Investor rather than an Operator?
• What are the landmines in our path and how do we step over them as we grow?
• What is the company's unique competitive advantage (value proposition)?
• Are the right people in the right positions for future growth?
• Will the company make money at higher volumes?
• Does the company have adequate capital to fund future growth?

Components of the Inc. Navigator Membership Service

The Inc. Scoreboard
The Inc. Scoreboard is a one page online reports that the CEO can generate in less than 10 minutes. The scoreboard provides a clear visual on team alignment, status of company metrics, and individual performance status to assigned actions on company priorities. The scoreboard is easily edited and updated so that the team can make quick, informed decisions in their weekly or monthly meetings.

The Inc. Compass

• The Inc. Compass is a deep dive company diagnostic which produces a report that reveals
• The 3-5 priorities for the business
• Team misalignment on 4 critical categories: Market, Management, Model and Money
• Measure the ROI of employees and assets
• Action points to accomplish the company priorities

The Inc. Growth Index
The Inc. Growth Index provides member with an opportunity to compare their company's performance and financial forecast against the fastest growing companies in America on a regular basis (i.e. the Inc. 5000)
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