Find Hidden Value Beyond the Financials.
Financials measure results.
A Breakout Quality of Growth (QofG) Report assesses the key drivers producing those results.
It reveals hidden constraints, risk, and value by combining proprietary scoring methodology with an AI-driven diagnostic.
Get the score before you invest, acquire or scale.
No email required.
20-minute assessment.
Complete over multiple sessions if needed.
Key Drivers Define Quality of Growth.
A Breakout QofG Report evaluates the strength and alignment of key drivers that determine how well a company is built to deliver sustainable growth.
Our proprietary Breakout Score™ methodology and AI-driven enhanced analysis quantifies those drivers individually and collectively.
SALES
Conversion Reliability
MARKETING
Demand Generation Efficiency
BRAND
Differentiation
and Trust
CULTURE
Execution Consistency
ALIGNMENT
Growth Multiplier or Drag
Who Benefits Most From the Breakout QofG Report?
PRIVATE EQUITY & FAMILY OFFICES
What's the Quality of Growth and what blind spots could be costly in a transaction The Breakout QoofG Report helps investors separate perceived upside from real breakout-level growth quality. It addresses key questions such as: 1. Where are the growth-related risks that won’t show up in financials? 2. Where will growth strain or break as we push for scale? 3. What should we fix first post-close to unlock breakout potential? 4. Where is value creation realistic and where is it assumed?
M&A ADVISORS & INVESTMENT BANKS
Is the Quality of Growth real or driven by timing, a single client, or other similar risk factors The Breakout QofG Report helps brokers and IBs evaluate growth value and reduce surprises in diligence. It addresses key questions such as: 1. Is this business market-ready today, or does it require pre-sale preparation? 2. Which growth risks will buyers care about most and discount the hardest? 3. What buyer type is the best fit given the company’s growth profile? 4. What improvements would most increase valuation in the next 90–180 days?
BUSINESS OWNERS & OPERATORS
You know your company isn't growing as it should. Stop guessing why The Breakout QofG Report helps identify a company's growth quality. It addresses key questions such as: 1. Where should we invest next for the best ROI: sales, marketing, brand, or culture? 2. Which constraint is blocking or limiting growth right now? 3. Where is misalignment across our growth drivers quietly eroding performance? 4. What should we prioritize in the next 90 days to accelerate growth?
No email required.
QofG Accounts for Industry, Growth Stage, Customer, and Business Context.
Every company is different. Diagnosing growth quality depends on a multitude of factors.
The growth of a scaling consumer services company should not be evaluated the same as an established manufacturer preparing for a sale.
The Breakout QofG uses a proprietary scoring methodology to assess key growth drivers based on structured leader input and business context.
The report considers key variables such as industry, business stage, customer model, growth conditions, and other relevant business characteristics discovered through critical growth driver questions.
The model’s agentic AI diagnostic evaluates the scores, responses, and business context through a decision lens based on why the company is being evaluated and who is evaluating it.
Each report includes an Overall Company Summary plus individual analyses for Sales, Marketing, Brand, Culture, and Alignment.
THE BREAKOUT QofG MODEL FROM INPUT TO ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS
Structured Assessment
40+ strategic questions evaluate Sales, Marketing, Brand, Culture, and Alignment, supported by business context and open-ended evidence.
Proprietary Scoring
The Breakout methodology calculates standardized driver scores and the overall Breakout Score™. AI does not determine or alter the scores.
Agentic AI Diagnosis
The diagnostic evaluates scores, responses, and business context to determine what's limiting performance, why it matters, and what should be addressed first.
Context-Specific Analysis
Findings are interpreted into a context-specific QofG diagnosis specific to a company's situation.
The decision lens changes with the use case: a PE firm evaluating an acquisition, leadership alignment, or a 100-day plan; an investment bank preparing a company for market; or an owner assessing the durability of future growth.
The Breakout QofG Report identifies driver performance: what's working, what’s most likely to limit future growth, and what key actions to take.
Same standardized methodology. Different business context. Decision-relevant diagnosis.
Included in a Breakout QofG Report:
✓ Overall Company Breakout Score (0-100)
✓ Breakout Driver Scores (0-100) for Sales, Marketing, Brand, Culture
✓ Breakout Alignment Score (0-100) shows how drivers work together or cause friction
✓ Leadership Alignment Chart (Consensus Report Only) visualizes leadership agreement
✓ Constraint identification and prioritization
✓ Comprehensive PDF report with prioritized, actionable recommendations
✓ Email delivery of the report within 1-3 business days
✓ One hour Executive Review & 30-day email support available at additional cost
No email required.
20-minute assessment.
Complete over multiple sessions if needed.
We Ask Questions Financials Don't Answer.
This is a small sample of 40+ questions used in the Breakout QofG diagnostic.
SALES
The business reliably converts interested customers into paying customers.
a. Consistently happens...
b. Usually happens...
c. Occasionally happens...
d. Rarely happens...
e. Never...
BRAND
The business can clearly articulate what makes it meaningfully different from competitors.
a. Consistently happens...
b. Usually happens...
c. Occasionally happens...
d. Rarely happens...
e. Never...
MARKETING
The business consistently generates a predictable flow of potential customers who are likely to purchase.
a. Consistently happens...
b. Usually happens...
c. Occasionally happens...
d. Rarely happens...
e. Never...
CULTURE
People take clear ownership of outcomes, and work gets completed without excessive follow-up or escalation.
a. Consistently happens...
b. Usually happens...
c. Occasionally happens...
d. Rarely happens...
e. Never...
ALIGNMENT
The business can reliably deliver what it sells without straining people, systems, or quality.
a. Consistently happens...
b. Usually happens...
c. Occasionally happens...
d. Rarely happens...
e. Never...
Built on the Breakout Methodology. Enhanced by Agentic AI.
Assess
Score & Diagnose
Improve Growth
AI does not determine company scores. Scores are determined by proprietary Breakout methodology.
The agentic AI diagnostic analyzes scores, leader responses, and assessment evidence to identify patterns, reconcile competing signals, uncover constraints, evaluate consequences, and prioritize actions.
The analysis follows defined Breakout diagnostic questions and guidelines, along with business scenarios and decision lenses specific to the company and the decision being evaluated.
AI interprets the evidence. The Breakout methodology governs the diagnosis.
How to Invest in Growth Intelligence.
Choose the level of insight and executive alignment needed to identify growth drivers, surface execution risk, and focus value-creation investment where it can create the greatest return.
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Option
BREAKOUT QofG LEADER REPORT
Invest at a fraction of the cost of one bad growth assumption.
Breakout QofG Leader Report
Single leader, company-level diagnostic that identifies the non-financial drivers, constraints, and priorities shaping growth.
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Company-specific QofG diagnosis
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Scores/analysis for the company and five growth drivers
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Key strengths, constraints and growth risks
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Top three priorities for the next 90 days
Executive QofG Leader Report
The leader report plus a leadership-level interpretation session focused on implications, priorities, and next actions
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One-hour Executive Review of results
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30 days of strategy-focused email support
$ 4,000
$ 5,000
2
Option
BREAKOUT QofG COMPANY REPORT
See where leadership agrees, disagrees, and why it matters.
Breakout QofG Company Report
A synthesized view of areas of agreement, misalignment, risk, and opportunity. Includes:
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3–5 leaders who complete the QofG assessment
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QofG Leader Reports for each participant
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Company-wide Breakout and growth-driver scores
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Leadership Consensus analysis shows leader alignment
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Strengths, constraints, blind spots and organizational tensions
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Prioritized company-level actions for the next 90 days
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Optional Upgrade: Executive Review of results
$15,000
Company reports are invoiced after scope and participants are confirmed, with full payment due prior to delivery of QofG reports.
Option
3
MULTIPLE PORTCO REPORTS
Analyze Quality of Growth across your portfolio.
Find PortCos who are growing for the wrong reasons.
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Preferred Pricing: Volume-based pricing with priority processing and support.
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Increased Leader Participation: Include up to 15 leader participants.
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Portfolio-Wide Visibility: Apply a standardized QofG methodology across multiple PortCos.
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Comparable Benchmarks: Identify and learn from differences in growth quality, constraints, and leadership alignment across companies.
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Ongoing Measurement: Establish an annual or semi-annual planning or 100-day plan benchmark or measure key metrics such as leadership alignment.
Most quotes are provided within one business day.
APPLY TO THE BREAKOUT CHARTER PROGRAM
A limited strategic partnership for firms helping shape the future of the Breakout QofG Report.
LIMITED TO FOUR (4) QUALIFIED FIRMS
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Preferred QofG Report pricing
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Semi-annual strategy sessions
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Direct access to the founder
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Input into future QofG platform development
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Priority support and guidance
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Flexible engagement terms
The Breakout Score quantifies a company's quality of growth by assessing core growth drivers and core driver alignment, as well as leadership team alignment and constraint severity. It is designed to support strategic and investment decisions, but does not replace financial diligence, cost structure analysis, or operational audits.
No email required.
About The Breakout Group:
Bill Glenn, Founder
"The Breakout Score is a companion to financials because it informs the future by measuring a company's quality of growth. Get the score on growth before you invest."
Bill Glenn is a sales, marketing, and brand strategist. He helps companies unlock growth by using 30+ years of knowledge and experience to solve sales, marketing, and brand challenges.
His background includes startups, mid-size companies, and Fortune 50 brands where he built a rare blend of sales, marketing, strategic, analytical, and creative expertise across a variety of industries such as sports, entertainment, technology, financial services, legal, and construction.
As founder of The Breakout Group, Glenn created the Breakout Quality of Growth (QofG) Report, utilizing his proprietary methodology and scoring (the Breakout Score™). The report is an AI-powered, expert-guided index that assesses a company's quality of growth, including the strength and alignment of brand, marketing, sales, and organizational culture.
His approach combines AI, data, and related insights with real-world experience to help leaders replace guesswork and speculation with clarity.
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Co-founder of the DBI, the first data scoring index for evaluating celebrity/athlete endorsements.
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Launched the Insights & Analytics Group at The Marketing Arm, including ROI modeling.
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Adjunct marketing and sales professor at SMU, Baylor University, and the University of Dallas.
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Featured expert on CNBC, MSNBC, Bloomberg News and in Ad Age, USA Today, and SBJ.
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Consultant and speaker for business sales, marketing, brand integration, and growth.
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