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title: How to Prioritize When Everything is a Priority
description: Strategic prioritization can be challenging for growth-stage businesses. Use this framework to help set your company's priorities and drive team alignment around them.
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# [How to Prioritize When Everything is a Priority](https://www.edisonpartners.com/blog/how-to-prioritize-when-everything-is-a-priority)

 Written by [Kelly Ford Buckley](https://www.edisonpartners.com/blog/author/kelly-ford-buckley) | 11/17/2014

For growth-stage companies with so many opportunities in front of them, it can be difficult to prioritize. Trying do too much spreads the organization too thin and hinders results. Too much focus can be the difference between growing 50% and growing 100% annually. 

Market expansion, acquisition business integration, product roadmapping, marketing projects -- whatever the priorization at hand may be, I have found the following framework to be effective for sanity-checking key strategies and initiatives, and driving organizational alignment around them. 

[Download the .PPT slide](https://www.edisonpartners.com/hs-fs/hub/394660/file-2093231571.pptx) to use with your team in support of planning for next year, and throughout the year. 

## A Focus on Prioritized Execution

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