Elizabeth Harr

Jan 24, 2025 | advisorpedia.com | Elizabeth Harr

Last week, Hinge released the 10th anniversary edition of the High Growth Study. If you haven’t downloaded it already, why not do it now? It’s okay—I’m not offended. Just don’t forget to come back! We are mighty proud of this milestone. But our interest in high-growth firms began way back in 2007, when we began collecting data for a report we released the following year titled Defying Gravity. Its name may or may not have been influenced by a hit song in the Broadway musical Wicked.

Jan 17, 2025 | advisorpedia.com | Elizabeth Harr

We’re excited to announce the release of Hinge’s 2025 High Growth Study—the 10th edition of this landmark publication. We began researching High Growth firms way back in 2008, and in 2016 we published our first study in this series. A lot has changed in a decade! Most of that change was driven by the maturation of digital tools and techniques that gave firms unprecedented access to new markets and an extraordinary ability to measure marketing performance.

Nov 22, 2024 | advisorpedia.com | Elizabeth Harr

At Hinge, we’ve written a lot about how to differentiate a professional services firm (for instance, see here, here and here). We even produced a course on the topic. One important idea we talk about is the value of specialization. Firms that specialize in an industry, or a group of similar industries, have a competitive advantage and can charge higher fees than their unspecialized competitors. Sometimes they take a different tack, going all-in on a particular service or target audience.

Oct 1, 2024 | advisorpedia.com | Elizabeth Harr

Imagine this. What if you were to strip away everything from your brand, leaving behind its single most visible component? What would you have? No, it’s not your logo. It’s your name. Of course, a brand is a lot more than your name (or your logo). At its essence, your brand is what prospects and clients think and say about you. It’s your reputation magnified by your visibility. And it’s the thing (or things) people associate with your firm in their minds.

Aug 20, 2024 | advisorpedia.com | Elizabeth Harr |Aaron Taylor

Written by: Elizabeth Harr and Aaron Taylor For the second year in a row, the Hinge Research Institute’s annual High Growth Study showed that uncertainty is professional services firms’ overriding concern. Uncertainty overshadows the war for talent and worries about increased competition. Conflicts across the globe, mixed economic signals and political instability add smoke to a marketplace that’s undergoing change at breakneck speed.