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Scale Up Your Startup SpecializationIE Business School

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If you want to find out how to begin to scale up a startup company, this course is for you!  This course will guide you through all the key questions you need to ask yourself to prepare to scale up a startup, provide you with key tips and frameworks to begin the scaleup process, and offer insights from real, successful companies who have been in your shoes before and have scaled up their startups. 
In this course, you'll learn to differentiate between growth and scaling, identify the key challenges of scaling up (and solutions to these challenges), and pick up best practices for scaling a startup effectively and efficiently to build a weatherproof company. You'll get practical advice and big-picture insights from well-known companies and experts in the field so you can see what has worked for other companies and develop a "toolbox" of scaleup solutions.

Make your scaleup journey as smooth and surprise-free as possible - with this course, you´ll know the types of issues that arise when startups scale up and learn how to solve them!

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Scale Up Your Startup Specialization

Beginner Level

Experience working in a startup or scaleup company is extremely useful, but not necessary.

Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

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What you will learn

You'll learn what you need to ask yourself before you start to scale up a startup
You'll get practical tips and advice on how to begin the journey from startup to scaleup

Skills you will gain

Business Strategy
Leadership And Management
Problem Solving
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

Learn more about Coursera Labs

Course 1 of 4 in the

Scale Up Your Startup Specialization

Beginner Level

Experience working in a startup or scaleup company is extremely useful, but not necessary.

Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

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Try Coursera for Business

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IE Business School

IE Business School is an internationally recognized business school where the leaders of tomorrow shape their ideas and learn to become global citizens. For over 40 years, IE Business School has promoted innovation and change in organizations, equipping managers with an entrepreneurial mindset that generates employment, wealth, and social well-being.

Regularly featured among the top business schools in the world, IE Business School has an urban campus in Madrid and a faculty of more than 400 professors who teach students from approximately 90 countries in its undergraduate and master programs. IE uses innovative online, face-to-face, and blended learning formats, including the IE Communities Platform where knowledge and experiences are exchanged with over 50,000 IE graduates that currently hold management positions in more than 100 countries worldwide.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Scaling a Startup

1 hour to complete

2 videos (Total 10 min), 2 readings

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

What is a Scaleup?

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 17 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

3 videos

Not All Startups Become Scaleups (and That´s OK)4mWhat Scale Means for Startups7mQuestions You Might Ask Yourself Before the Scaleup Phase4m

6 readings

Why Governments Don’t Get Startups10mWill Your Startup Ever Scale Up?10mLet´s Talk About Scale (Hint: Think International)10mTransitioning from Startup to Scaleup: Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman Talk Scaleup (Podcast)4mHubSpot’s Three M´s (Playbook for Going From Startup to Scaleup)10m#GoBeyond (OPTIONAL)10m

1 practice exercise

Module 230m

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Scaling Fast vs. Scaling Slow: The Role of Risk

3 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 18 min), 8 readings, 1 quiz

3 videos

Risk: Is It Your Friend or Foe?6mDeepwork: Do You Have Deep Insight Into the Needs of Your Industry?5mWhat Is a Weatherproof Company and How Can I Build One?6m

8 readings

How to De-Risk a Startup10mWhy Do Startups Fail? Blame the "Speed Trap"10mHow Much Does Failure Cost? (Podcast)45mCan Deep Work Really Work for You?10mHow to Scale a Deeptech Company10mThoughts on Building Weatherproof Companies10mHow Important is Founder-Market Fit?10m#GoBeyond (Optional)1m

1 practice exercise

Module 330m

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Exponential Growth

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 17 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

3 videos

What is Exponentiality & What Does it Have to Do with Scaling?7mScaling Up Excellence:The Key Beliefs, Skills, and Actions that are Hallmarks of Effective Scaling7mWrapping Up the Course1m

6 readings

How to Create an Exponential Organization and Why You Should Want toGrowth vs. Scaling: What's the Difference and Why Does it Matter?10mGrowing vs. Scaling: Which One Are You?10mHow Do You Scale Excellence?10m#GoBeyond (OPTIONAL)1mLike the Course? Rate It!10m

1 practice exercise

Module 430m

About the Scale Up Your Startup Specialization

This specialization is intended for anyone who owns a startup or who has an interest in learning how to scale up their business exponentially. By the end of the specialization, learners will be able to:

Describe the key elements of a scaleup mindset Determine how ready they are to scale up their business Understand key best practices in scaleup, gained from industry insights and applicable to their own businesses Learn how to scale up a product successfully by addressing the key concerns of product development at the scaleup stage Evaluate and suggest process improvement for a growing company Discuss key considerations in team and personnel growth (including fit, team creation, diversity, and personal productivity and wellness during stressful times) This specialization features advice and best practices from scaleup expert Professor Joe Haslam, who provides the necessary framework to understand what scaling is all about and who adds to his own experiences and teaching a wide and carefully selected range of resources and industry examples to help guide learners through industry best practices and advice.

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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
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