Last week we were very happy to celebrate the (e-)graduation of the second cohort of ScaleUpFood! It was certainly different…
Marta Fiolhais1 October 2020
Can you scale?
The ScaleUpScan pinpoints in granular detail where you are on your scaling journey.
The tools
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Storytelling
for Impact
For scale-up founders and CEOs, storytelling is a core skill – to build the brand, to call for action, to cast the future, to warn against risks, to explain the world, cement the company’s value and induce new hires to the way things work in the company.
Menno van Dijk & Valeria Mecozzi put together a set of frameworks and tools to enhance your storytelling skills.
When you start a new business, you rarely do it with a sole purpose of making money. Many business founders…
Anna Fenko29 September 2020
What are the consequences and possibilities of the new pension agreement for Dutch scale-up entrepreneurs? The Dutch government has agreed…
Marta Fiolhais10 September 2020
ScaleUpNation Book Club: Summer reads 2020 Summer 2020 was definitely a strange one. But despite all that is going on…
Marta Fiolhais27 August 2020
The second edition of our ScaleUpFood program was fully digital, which allowed for our first international cohort - a group…
Anieke Wierenga23 July 2020
3 billion tonnes of raw materials go into the making of buildings every year across the world, making the construction…
Marta Fiolhais23 July 2020
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Seif Kabil18 June 2020
Transformation in the time of coronavirus A leadership challenge by Hayat Chedid These are challenging times. Data suggests that the…
Hayat Chedid18 May 2020
F&A: What's Next? This year’s F&A Next conference addressed some of the big changes that the Food & Agriculture industry…
Annie Chen18 May 2020
The perfect time to master resilience by Hayat Chedid When the news of the coronavirus started to become a part…
Hayat Chedid4 May 2020
Sailing through a perfect storm It was late at night on Christmas Eve 2009, in the middle of the last…
Menno van Dijk9 April 2020
Het doorfinancieren van scale-ups in tijden van crisis Innovatieve start-ups en scale-ups zijn cruciaal voor het toekomstig verdienvermogen en om…
Menno van Dijk31 March 2020
Keep your soul alive while keeping social distance Scale-ups have a unique culture of purpose and vision, togetherness and trust,…
Anna Fenko30 March 2020
Cash is king in times of crisis In this turbulent period, ScaleUpNation is talking to scale-up CEOs who share their…
Anna Fenko25 March 2020
The Corona virus is scaling exponentially. This means that the number of people infected grows at a standard rate. We…
Menno van Dijk21 March 2020
Catching a wave: scale-ups in China navigating the Corona virus The general view is that scale-ups operate in a VUCA…
Anna Fenko20 March 2020
We've talked with scale-up CEO Sina Farzaneh about his experience getting through the early days of quarantine in Shanghai. Sina…
Marta Fiolhais18 March 2020
Scale-ups need to grow their customer base with limited resources. Therefore, word-of-mouth is an important tool for them to attract…
Liselore Haverman11 March 2020
Taking a step back from the day-to-day business to seriously reflect on scaling is not for the faint of heart.…
Annie Chen2 March 2020
For scale-ups, delighting customers means engaging in meaningful relationships with them. Talking to your customers allows you to adjust your…
Anna Fenko25 February 2020
As a scale-up CEO, you want to delight your customers by offering them an irresistible product. You already have a…
Liselore Haverman20 February 2020
One of the main success factors in scaling your company is the ability to delight your customers*. But the company…
Anna Fenko11 February 2020
The Navigator is now part of our new comprehensive diagnostics tool - the ScaleUpScan. Combining the Navigator results, a leadership…
Liselore Haverman7 February 2020
Rapid innovation is an important success factor for scale-ups. But it does not mean that scale-ups should create everything from…
Anna Fenko5 February 2020
Continuous innovation is one of the most important success factors in scaling your company. 85% of scale-ups have metrics to…
Liselore Haverman27 January 2020
Learning the hard way is inevitable in scale-ups. Not all of your creative ideas will be developed into working products.…
Anna Fenko21 January 2020
Scale-ups need to delight their customers. But is that enough? As a scale-up CEO, you are extremely busy. But for…
Liselore Haverman13 January 2020
Scale-ups are learning the hard way. Start learning the smart way! Scale-ups are young innovative ventures that quickly transform themselves…
Anna Fenko10 January 2020
The lack of time is one of the most pressing issues for scale-up CEOs. You are always trying to achieve…
Menno van Dijk20 December 2019
By Daan Bak, Hayat Chedid, Menno van Dijk, Jörgen Sandig Scaling an enterprise is like a pizza eating contest, with the…
Menno van Dijk9 September 2019
Venture Runway alumni PeelPioneers is well on their way to scaling their innovative venture. Their journey showcases the challenges and…
Valeria Mecozzi9 August 2019
Amsterdam/Utrecht/Wageningen, The Netherlands: ScaleUpNation, Foodvalley NL and Rabobank announced today the launch of ScaleUpFood: a comprehensive support program dedicated to…
Annie Chen25 July 2019
"No board ever built anything great, but a bad board will kill a company every time." -Old Silicon Valley saying.…
Sander van der Blonk21 June 2019
Are you an impact scale-up CEO or MT member and want to learn more about learning velocity? Join us for…
Menno van Dijk7 June 2019
We're excited that Samir Saberi has joined ScaleUpNation as our Commercial Director, focused on sales, marketing and business development. Samir…
Annie Chen4 June 2019
The Next Closet: Success Factors for (Fashion) Industry Disruption “I would think about a girl or woman living in…
Valeria Mecozzi31 May 2019
Storytelling for Impact By Valeria Mecozzi One of the strongest ways for humans to bond has always been through storytelling.…
Valeria Mecozzi13 May 2019
Large societal challenges = large entrepreneurial opportunities My own daughter – a young gifted modern classic music composer – once…
Menno van Dijk3 May 2019
Join our Happy Hour March 7 When talking about business growth, one often overlooked factor is diversity. But research…
Annie Chen4 March 2019
As we gear up to welcome Runway Class 7 to ScaleUpNation, we’re sharing a peek into a typical day in…
Annie Chen11 February 2019
PHYSEE 's Scale-up DNA The seventh class of our Runway program is kicking off this March. As we gear up, we…
Valeria Mecozzi7 February 2019
Our favorite reads of 2018 Ready to curl up near the fire and increase your learning velocity? Merry Christmas…
Valeria Mecozzi21 December 2018
Academy of Management Conference This week at ScaleUpNation we've been busy preparing for the AOM Scale-up Conference in Tel Aviv…
Annie Chen14 December 2018
Event: Cracking the code of corporate & venture collaboration Increasingly, corporates are sourcing ideas and solutions from the tech start-up/scale-up…
Annie Chen9 October 2018
By Menno van Dijk and Sander van der Blonk Cooperation between large corporates and young innovative ventures can have many…
Menno van Dijk9 October 2018
By Menno van Dijk, Laurie Kemp, Hayat Chedid, Noëlle Haitsma, and Floris Kroon Governance can make or break a scale-up.…
Menno van Dijk28 August 2018
The value of a strong company culture is clear, but building a strong culture is far from straightforward. We identify…
Hayat Chedid20 August 2018
A well-crafted product roadmap can a be startup’s key step toward scale. Once the product hits square market fit, it…
Valeria Mecozzi7 August 2018
Based on 2008 HBR Article from Noam Wasserman “The Founder’s Dilemma”. Summarized and adapted by Menno van Dijk, of ScaleUpNation. …
Menno van Dijk23 July 2018
HealthTech Leadership Breakfast Series Introducing the ScaleUpNation HealthTech Leadership breakfast series: a monthly forum for founders and management teams of…
Annie Chen19 July 2018
Transformation in the time of coronavirus A leadership challenge by Hayat Chedid These are challenging times. Data suggests that the…
Hayat Chedid18 May 2020
Sailing through a perfect storm It was late at night on Christmas Eve 2009, in the middle of the last…
Menno van Dijk9 April 2020
Het doorfinancieren van scale-ups in tijden van crisis Innovatieve start-ups en scale-ups zijn cruciaal voor het toekomstig verdienvermogen en om…
Menno van Dijk31 March 2020
Keep your soul alive while keeping social distance Scale-ups have a unique culture of purpose and vision, togetherness and trust,…
Anna Fenko30 March 2020
Cash is king in times of crisis In this turbulent period, ScaleUpNation is talking to scale-up CEOs who share their…
Anna Fenko25 March 2020
The Corona virus is scaling exponentially. This means that the number of people infected grows at a standard rate. We…
Menno van Dijk21 March 2020
Catching a wave: scale-ups in China navigating the Corona virus The general view is that scale-ups operate in a VUCA…
Anna Fenko20 March 2020
We've talked with scale-up CEO Sina Farzaneh about his experience getting through the early days of quarantine in Shanghai. Sina…
Marta Fiolhais18 March 2020
Rapid innovation is an important success factor for scale-ups. But it does not mean that scale-ups should create everything from…
Anna Fenko5 February 2020
Continuous innovation is one of the most important success factors in scaling your company. 85% of scale-ups have metrics to…
Liselore Haverman27 January 2020
Learning the hard way is inevitable in scale-ups. Not all of your creative ideas will be developed into working products.…
Anna Fenko21 January 2020
Scale-ups are learning the hard way. Start learning the smart way! Scale-ups are young innovative ventures that quickly transform themselves…
Anna Fenko10 January 2020
The lack of time is one of the most pressing issues for scale-up CEOs. You are always trying to achieve…
Menno van Dijk20 December 2019
Scale-ups need to grow their customer base with limited resources. Therefore, word-of-mouth is an important tool for them to attract…
Liselore Haverman11 March 2020
For scale-ups, delighting customers means engaging in meaningful relationships with them. Talking to your customers allows you to adjust your…
Anna Fenko25 February 2020
As a scale-up CEO, you want to delight your customers by offering them an irresistible product. You already have a…
Liselore Haverman20 February 2020
One of the main success factors in scaling your company is the ability to delight your customers*. But the company…
Anna Fenko11 February 2020
Scale-ups need to delight their customers. But is that enough? As a scale-up CEO, you are extremely busy. But for…
Liselore Haverman13 January 2020
ScaleUpNation Book Club: Summer reads 2020 Summer 2020 was definitely a strange one. But despite all that is going on…
Marta Fiolhais27 August 2020
By Daan Bak, Hayat Chedid, Menno van Dijk, Jörgen Sandig Scaling an enterprise is like a pizza eating contest, with the…
Menno van Dijk9 September 2019
Large societal challenges = large entrepreneurial opportunities My own daughter – a young gifted modern classic music composer – once…
Menno van Dijk3 May 2019
Our favorite reads of 2018 Ready to curl up near the fire and increase your learning velocity? Merry Christmas…
Valeria Mecozzi21 December 2018
By Menno van Dijk and Sander van der Blonk Cooperation between large corporates and young innovative ventures can have many…
Menno van Dijk9 October 2018
A well-crafted product roadmap can a be startup’s key step toward scale. Once the product hits square market fit, it…
Valeria Mecozzi7 August 2018
Beyond Product-Market Fit Product launches are exhilarating – the team is ready to go, aligned, partly terrified, but thrilled to…
Valeria Mecozzi21 June 2018
Saying no to potential customers can seem counter-intuitive especially for companies in the start-up phase, but it could be the…
Valeria Mecozzi21 June 2018
Geoffrey West’s latest book Scaling looks at system behavior in an attempt to answer every scale-up CEOs question: "How to…
Valeria Mecozzi20 June 2018
As we gear up to welcome Runway Class 7 to ScaleUpNation, we’re sharing a peek into a typical day in…
Annie Chen11 February 2019
By Menno van Dijk, Laurie Kemp, Hayat Chedid, Noëlle Haitsma, and Floris Kroon Governance can make or break a scale-up.…
Menno van Dijk28 August 2018
The value of a strong company culture is clear, but building a strong culture is far from straightforward. We identify…
Hayat Chedid20 August 2018
Based on 2008 HBR Article from Noam Wasserman “The Founder’s Dilemma”. Summarized and adapted by Menno van Dijk, of ScaleUpNation. …
Menno van Dijk23 July 2018
Supervisory board members of scale-ups focus on value creation rather than value protection, this article describes what it takes. By Menno…
Menno van Dijk25 June 2018
Last week we were very happy to celebrate the (e-)graduation of the second cohort of ScaleUpFood! It was certainly different…
Marta Fiolhais1 October 2020
What are the consequences and possibilities of the new pension agreement for Dutch scale-up entrepreneurs? The Dutch government has agreed…
Marta Fiolhais10 September 2020
The second edition of our ScaleUpFood program was fully digital, which allowed for our first international cohort - a group…
Anieke Wierenga23 July 2020
3 billion tonnes of raw materials go into the making of buildings every year across the world, making the construction…
Marta Fiolhais23 July 2020
We have recently launched the ScaleUpScan, a data-based diagnostic tool that pinpoints in great detail where ventures are on their…
Seif Kabil18 June 2020
F&A: What's Next? This year’s F&A Next conference addressed some of the big changes that the Food & Agriculture industry…
Annie Chen18 May 2020
Taking a step back from the day-to-day business to seriously reflect on scaling is not for the faint of heart.…
Annie Chen2 March 2020
The Navigator is now part of our new comprehensive diagnostics tool - the ScaleUpScan. Combining the Navigator results, a leadership…
Liselore Haverman7 February 2020
Amsterdam/Utrecht/Wageningen, The Netherlands: ScaleUpNation, Foodvalley NL and Rabobank announced today the launch of ScaleUpFood: a comprehensive support program dedicated to…
Annie Chen25 July 2019
"No board ever built anything great, but a bad board will kill a company every time." -Old Silicon Valley saying.…
Sander van der Blonk21 June 2019