Meridian is a premier research, analytics and advisory firm focused on helping leaders use data to navigate the world around them--to make better strategic decisions, manage their organizations more successfully and communicate more effectively with their most important audiences. Our clients look to us for new fact-based perspectives on markets, finances and operations as well as valuable insights into customers, suppliers and employees. They also rely on us to help build their own measurement, analysis and planning capabilities, and to foster a culture of data-driven decision making within their own organizations. We believe facts matter and that striving to see the world as it really is--not as we would like it to be--is a fundamental responsibility of leadership. So, too, are recognizing the boundaries of what we know, acknowledging uncertainty and managing risk. Our role as a trusted adviser is to help our clients do these things well so that they can make more informed choices and act with greater confidence. Meridian was founded in 2007 to screen early-stage companies and perform due diligence on behalf of a small private investment group in the Pacific Northwest. Over time, its role expanded to include oversight and active acceleration of portfolio and client companies. The firm now leverages its core strengths in research, analytics and executive-level decision support to help progressive managers achieve higher levels of performance and greater impact.