A scale up can be described as any organization that is getting bigger, fast. Most businesses are surprised to see that past practices do not work well when going from 1x to 2x and 3x. That is because scaling up a business is qualitatively different from starting it. Scaling up needs an exponential mindset and important decisions to be taken in areas such as purpose, product, process and people. 

Join us for this insightful online Live Chat to learn how anyone can scale a business.

Speaker

Daniel Corsten

Associate Professor IE, Operations & Technology.

Professor Daniel Corsten is the founding academic of the Efficient Consumer Response initiative, where he researched and consulted for retail and consumer goods organizations such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Metro Group, and Sainsbury’s to help them lower costs, understand shoppers, reduce out-of-stock, and create overall sustainable supply chains. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Bayer Leverkusen and AGFA in Germany and the United States. His corporate experience includes supply chain management, marketing and finance, and has worked in the automotive and retail software industries. Mr. Corsten has been Member of Board of Advisors for Profitect Inc. since February 2013. Mr. Corsten has also taught and researched at St. Gallen in Switzerland, London Business School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States.

Host:

Joe Haslam

Executive Director, Owners Scale up Program

Joe Haslam is the Executive Director of the Owners Scale Up Program, an enriching IE Executive Education program designed for small and medium-sized businesses that want to scale up. As part of the MBA program, Professor Haslam teaches the elective "Humanities Grand Challenges," which focuses on the opportunities for entrepreneurs to use exponential technologies to solve problems in the fields of Energy, Telecoms, Agriculture, Health and Education.

At IE Business School, we have created a special Executive Education Program for company founders and owners looking for scale: Owners Scale-Up Program.

1st  module: beginning on April 2022, is online.

With both pre recorded interviews you can watch at any time as well as live sessions. 2nd module: 1 intensive week in October 2022, will take place at IE´s Campus in Madrid where you will have the opportunity to meet with other owners and founders who have the same scaling issues as you.