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five stages of business life cycle the business life cycle is a continuous cycle of five stages that all businesses go through the stages are startup growth maturing declining and renewal all businesses go through these stages but not all businesses reach the final stage of decline Thomas J Powell will now explain what the stages of a business life cycle are five stages of business life cycle launch stage this is the earliest stage of a business when the company is just getting started the startup phase is characterized by high risk and uncertainty as the business tries to find its footing in the market in this stage the sales and revenue of the business are usually low as the company is still trying to gain traction with customers ing to Thomas J Powell the main goals of a business in the startup phase are to generate awareness for its product or service and start building a customer base growth stage after the business has successfully launched it will enter the growth stage this is