✛ The venture cycle · Wind / Motion
The Catalysts.
They move it: from idea to ignition, momentum over polish.
✛ Their quarter of the cycle
Every venture needs someone to see it, move it, grow it, and run it. The Catalysts own the quarter that exists to turn ideas into action and momentum: first proof, first belief, and the world's first response. When a team has nobody here, that work silently lands on whoever is least bad at it, and it shows.
✛ The two Catalysts types
Implementer
Turns vision into action by creating the first practical expression, prototype, experiment, workflow, offer, or proof point.
Gift: Converts abstract possibility into something real enough to learn from quickly.
The full Implementer profile →Igniter
Creates the first commercial fire: belief, demand, sales, early customer wins, GTM learning, feedback, and market momentum.
Gift: Generates the urgency and market movement that proves an idea can live outside the building.
The full Igniter profile →✛ When this quarter dominates
The trap: “The Flash Fire”
Launches, deals, and momentum everywhere, with no disciplined operation behind them. Everything ignites; little is tended long enough to hold.
What it costs: Quality debt, churn, and team burnout arrive together, and each new push starts from a weaker base than the last.
First move: Put a Marshal-pattern owner on the ONE process that keeps breaking after launches, and let cadence beat intensity for a quarter.
✛ Which quarter is yours?
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