{"slug":"second-curve","name":"The Second Curve","category":"Startups","definition":"Every business follows an S-curve: slow start, steep growth, peak, then decline. Companies that endure start a second S-curve before the first peaks. Named by Charles Handy in The Empty Raincoat (1994): the optimal start is during late-growth or early-maturity — when the first curve still funds investment but the team can still see the need. The canonical case is…","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/second-curve/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/second-curve?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=second-curve","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=second-curve"}}