Framework
Strategy

Three Horizons

Today's core, emerging, long-term bets

Best for
balancing near and far bets
Time
30–60 min
Difficulty
Intermediate
Example

Balancing today's core business with future bets

Three horizons portfolio
  1. Horizon 1 (today's core) — Pro subscription, ICP-fit growth, defend retention
  2. Horizon 2 (emerging) — Team plan, light enterprise SSO, partner integrations
  3. Horizon 3 (long-term bets) — autonomous strategy agents, on-device inference

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