{"id":7839,"date":"2025-02-04T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/?page_id=7839"},"modified":"2025-02-14T10:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:46:44","slug":"business-cases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/business-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kx0j7dd0-c758a5c4bd2369e6a4b991446555e1a8\">\n.avia-section.av-kx0j7dd0-c758a5c4bd2369e6a4b991446555e1a8{\nbackground-color:#1b3e6f;\nbackground:radial-gradient( #1b3e6f, #c1d5f0 );\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kx0j7dd0-c758a5c4bd2369e6a4b991446555e1a8 main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_layout_row  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-7839'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m6qu9jwy-4df0663460a479f0eceec7dfce3e977a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m6qu9jwy-4df0663460a479f0eceec7dfce3e977a{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m6qu9jwy-4df0663460a479f0eceec7dfce3e977a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m6qu9jwy-4df0663460a479f0eceec7dfce3e977a .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m6qu9jwy-4df0663460a479f0eceec7dfce3e977a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m6qu9jwy-4df0663460a479f0eceec7dfce3e977a av-special-heading-h2 custom-color-heading blockquote classic-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Business Cases<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-276da5-dedf2b61dfb162d8135b77a9332d4599 entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  grid-row-not-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lux2d7i0-d55496cae02a0a4d01b069695154bae8\">\n.flex_cell.av-lux2d7i0-d55496cae02a0a4d01b069695154bae8{\nvertical-align:top;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-lux2d7i0-d55496cae02a0a4d01b069695154bae8{\npadding:10px 70px 0px 70px !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-lux2d7i0-d55496cae02a0a4d01b069695154bae8 av-gridrow-cell av_one_half no_margin  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_cell_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lux292hf-45d905fd211b399fe4d9456a6e5efd77\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-lux292hf-45d905fd211b399fe4d9456a6e5efd77 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lux292hf-45d905fd211b399fe4d9456a6e5efd77 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>For every ten failed new business launches on which we are asked to perform a post mortem, nine of them didn\u2019t start with a good business case. 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