Why Scale a Startup?
Learn essential strategies and frameworks for transitioning from startup to scaleup. Master exponential growth principles and risk management.
Learn essential strategies and frameworks for transitioning from startup to scaleup. Master exponential growth principles and risk management.
This course cannot be purchased separately - to access the complete learning experience, graded assignments, and earn certificates, you'll need to enroll in the full Scale Up Your Startup Specialization program. You can audit this specific course for free to explore the content, which includes access to course materials and lectures. This allows you to learn at your own pace without any financial commitment.
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What you'll learn
Learn to evaluate startup readiness for scaling
Develop strategies for efficient and effective scaling
Understand risk management in scaling process
Master principles of exponential growth
Skills you'll gain
This course includes:
1.5 Hours PreRecorded video
3 quizzes
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There are 4 modules in this course
This comprehensive course guides entrepreneurs through the process of scaling a startup. Students learn to differentiate between growth and scaling, identify key challenges and solutions in the scaling process, and develop effective strategies for building weatherproof companies. The curriculum covers critical topics including risk assessment, deep industry insight, exponential growth principles, and practical frameworks for successful scaling.
Scaling a Startup
Module 1 · 1 Hours to complete
What is a Scaleup?
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Scaling Fast vs. Scaling Slow: The Role of Risk
Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete
Exponential Growth
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
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Instructors
Leader in Business Scaling Education
Professor Joe Haslam serves as the Executive Director of the Owners Scaleup Program at IE Business School in Spain, a program tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises looking to adopt exponential business models for growth. He also holds the position of Academic Director for the Global Scaleup Program, a collaborative initiative with the American University of Beirut. Within the International MBA, he teaches the award-winning elective "Scaling Up Your Startup," and offers a similar course, “Scaleup Yourself!”, in the IE Master in Management program. Additionally, he leads various online courses for IE Executive Education, including “Scaleup Fundamentals” for both the Global Online and Executive MBA Programs, as well as for the IE Brown EMBA, a partnership with Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Professor Haslam co-founded Marrakech, a Dublin-based e-procurement company that successfully raised over $75 million in venture capital and scaled to more than 250 employees. He was also the co-founder and Chairman of Hot Hotels, marking the first Spanish company to be accelerated by the Techstars program in Boston in the summer of 2015. Professor Haslam holds an M.Sc. from University College Cork and an MBA from IE Business School. Originally from Ireland, he has made Madrid his home for the past 17 years.
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