Enum: BusinessLifecycleStageEnum

Stages in business development lifecycle

URI: valuesets:BusinessLifecycleStageEnum

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
CONCEPT_STAGE	None	Initial business idea development and validation
STARTUP_STAGE	None	Business launch and early operations
GROWTH_STAGE	None	Rapid expansion and scaling operations
EXPANSION_STAGE	None	Market expansion and diversification
MATURITY_STAGE	None	Stable operations with established market position
DECLINE_STAGE	None	Decreasing market relevance or performance
TURNAROUND_STAGE	None	Recovery efforts from decline or crisis
EXIT_STAGE	None	Business sale, merger, or closure

Slots

Name	Description
business_lifecycle_stage	Stage in business development lifecycle

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: BusinessLifecycleStageEnum
description: Stages in business development lifecycle
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  CONCEPT_STAGE:
    text: CONCEPT_STAGE
    description: Initial business idea development and validation
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: idea development and validation
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: market research, business planning
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: personal or angel funding
      risk:
        tag: risk
        value: highest risk level
    title: Concept Stage
  STARTUP_STAGE:
    text: STARTUP_STAGE
    description: Business launch and early operations
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: product development and market entry
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: building initial customer base
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: seed funding, early investments
      growth:
        tag: growth
        value: rapid learning and adaptation
    title: Startup Stage
  GROWTH_STAGE:
    text: GROWTH_STAGE
    description: Rapid expansion and scaling operations
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: scaling operations and market expansion
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: increasing market share
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: venture capital, growth financing
      challenges:
        tag: challenges
        value: scaling challenges
    title: Growth Stage
  EXPANSION_STAGE:
    text: EXPANSION_STAGE
    description: Market expansion and diversification
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: market expansion and diversification
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: new markets, products, or services
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: growth capital, strategic investments
      sophistication:
        tag: sophistication
        value: increased operational sophistication
    title: Expansion Stage
  MATURITY_STAGE:
    text: MATURITY_STAGE
    description: Stable operations with established market position
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: operational efficiency and market defense
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: defending market position
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: self-funding, debt financing
      stability:
        tag: stability
        value: stable cash flows
    title: Maturity Stage
  DECLINE_STAGE:
    text: DECLINE_STAGE
    description: Decreasing market relevance or performance
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: cost reduction and restructuring
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: turnaround efforts or exit planning
      challenges:
        tag: challenges
        value: declining revenues or relevance
      options:
        tag: options
        value: restructuring, sale, or closure
    title: Decline Stage
  TURNAROUND_STAGE:
    text: TURNAROUND_STAGE
    description: Recovery efforts from decline or crisis
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: crisis management and recovery
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: restructuring and repositioning
      leadership:
        tag: leadership
        value: turnaround management
      urgency:
        tag: urgency
        value: urgent transformation needs
    title: Turnaround Stage
  EXIT_STAGE:
    text: EXIT_STAGE
    description: Business sale, merger, or closure
    annotations:
      focus:
        tag: focus
        value: exit strategy execution
      activities:
        tag: activities
        value: sale, merger, or liquidation
      valuation:
        tag: valuation
        value: business valuation
      transition:
        tag: transition
        value: ownership transition
    title: Exit Stage