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Signal key

pivot_signal

Category

Composite

Source

Composite of description, specialty, and industry changes.
A company fundamentally changed what it does.

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When it fires

Trigger condition

description_change_major AND (specialty_added OR specialty_removed) AND industry_change within 60 days.

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Magnitude

High, a genuine business pivot.
For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see Magnitude buckets.

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Why it matters

That’s a company genuinely reinventing what it does. When the description, specialties, and industry all shift together, the company isn’t tweaking its message, it’s changing its business, which creates entirely new needs and discards old ones.

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How to read it

Real reinvention

Three aligned changes confirm a genuine pivot.

New needs

A pivoted company needs different tools.

Discarded vendors

Tools tied to the old model may be dropped.

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Outreach playbook

Re-qualify against the new business. Old assumptions no longer apply.

Description Change Major

The company description was substantially rewritten.

Industry Change

The company’s primary industry classification changed.

Specialty Added

A new specialty was added.

Specialty Removed

A specialty was dropped from the list.

Post Topic Shift

The dominant topic of recent posts changed.

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