Portfolio strategy
Also called: portfolio management strategy
ELI5
A plan for how several businesses or products fit together.
Used in conversation
“The portfolio strategy should state what will be funded, fixed or exited.”
Definition
An approach to allocating capital and attention across a group of businesses, products or investments.
Here “Portfolio strategy” means: An approach to allocating capital and attention across a group of businesses, products or investments.
Pitch context
You will see “Portfolio strategy” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategic choices & advantage.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategic choices & advantage without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16