| Leadership & Culture | 20% | 15% | 10% | Early on, leadership clarity, vision, and culture are everything. As systems mature, leadership matters more for alignment than survival. |
| Performance & Governance | 10% | 15% | 20% | In start-ups, formal governance slows speed. In scale-up, governance brings discipline. By mature stage, it’s the backbone of control and accountability. |
| Structure, Roles & Responsibilities | 10% | 15% | 20% | Start-ups rely on generalists; structure emerges later. In maturity, clear roles and succession planning become critical for resilience. |
| Process Discipline | 10% | 20% | 20% | At the beginning, agility > process. As you scale, repeatability and optimisation determine efficiency and margin. |
| Technology & Enablement | 40% | 20% | 10% | Start-ups depend heavily on enabling tech to punch above their weight. As they grow, tech becomes table stakes, not differentiator. |
| Risk & Resilience | 10% | 15% | 20% | Low formal risk management early on; it ramps up with customer/regulatory exposure. Mature firms rely on strong resilience and controls. |