Simple Scaling: Ten Proven Principles to 10x Your Business($17.99Value)

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SIMPLE Scaling provides the tools to do what so few startups ever manage to do: break free of the gravitational pull of the everyday and shoot for the stars. In clear, unambiguous prose, the ten principles within these pages offer all the knowledge you need to achieve scale—from developing a scale-up psyche to establishing your purpose, sourcing the right people, planning, and implementing repeatable performance to fuel 10x growth. This comprehensive, down-to-earth guide will walk you through each stage of the scaling process in one elegant, integrated framework, showing you how to overcome all the challenges you’ll meet along the way. If you want to scale your business, SIMPLE Scaling is your source code. Written by business leaders who have been there and done that, it’s the only book you need to beat the odds. "As a leader, a manager, or an entrepreneur, SIMPLE Scaling is THE book to start your scaleup journey with. Brendan and Claire have compiled a book that pragmatically covers the key principles from business leaders who have been there and done it. It's in my 'best of' library." — Sebastien Tondeur , Chief Executive Officer at MCI Group "It's one thing to cook a nice meal for a few friends, and another to prepare a feast for twelve at the holidays, but then it's altogether different to try it for twenty-four or more. As you scale up, the challenge of preparing the meal becomes exponentially more difficult. The same is true in business. If you want to successfully cater large gatherings, then you need guidance from a top professional caterer. And if you want to take your enterprise to higher levels of success and prosperity, then SIMPLE Scaling: 10 Proven Principles to 10x Your Business is the manual for you! In this engaging, energizing, and practical book, Brendan McGurgan and Claire Colvin provide the recipes and techniques you need to grow and succeed." — Michael J. Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: 7 Steps to Genius Every Day "It doesn't matter what your sector is. SIMPLE Scaling tells you all you need to know about how to scale your business." — JeVon McCormick , President and CEO at Scribe Media, author of I Got There: How I Overcame Racism, Poverty, and Abuse to Achieve the American Dream . Voted Best CEO in Austin, Texas, 2021 "Brendan and Claire bring fresh insight and unparalleled expertise to scaling up. They know this terrain better than anyone else." — Dr. Oleg Konovalov , one of the top global thought leaders, author of The Vision Code , da Vinci of visionary leadership "Scaling a business looks great from the outside: shiny success; lots of growth, excitement, and change. The reality inside is different; scaling is hard. It needs high-quality work with every customer, product, team member, and partner. Success is about learning from others, particularly the 'spilt blood' of what went wrong, so you don't suffer the same way. It's also about sharing stories of how to inspire a team to change the world. This book has both, with a consistent focus on purpose and people, which I love. Every business is different, but this book has some common themes and real stories that will help you. Oh yes, and it made me laugh too, always a good thing." — Adam Hale , Chairman of ScaleUp Institute, three technology scale-ups, and Thames Valley Technology. Former CEO of Fairsail, a SaaS scale-up, and author of "Lobster Tales ," the story of the scale-up "Brendan McGurgan and Claire Colvin understand scale; as I build a consortium of hundreds of universities focused on leader development, I find their work, and this book, invaluable. The difference between a fading idea and global impact is scale, and McGurgan and Colvin help us achieve relevance. SIMPLE Scaling is the kind of book that both inspires and keeps your feet on the ground. It's the essential companion on your scaling-up journey. This is one of those rare books that I will keep coming back to—you should too!" — Thomas A. Kolditz, PhD , Founding Director, Doerr Institute for New Leaders at Rice University. Brigadier General, US Army, Retired. Former Head of Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, West Point. Professor Emeritus, US Military Academy, West Point. Author of Leadership Reckoning: Can Higher Education Develop the Leaders We Need? and In Extremis Leadership: Leading as if Your Life Depended on It. Globally ranked number six in Coaching, 2018 "Whether you are the local mechanic or Elon Musk at his startup team at SpaceX, scaling is a reality for every entrepreneur. SIMPLE Scaling lays out a pragmatic blueprint for how and why this concept is essential for you to master. Ignore this concept at your own peril. Embrace it, learn it, and your moonshot will become a reality!" — Paul Akers , author of 2 Second Lean Brendan McGurgan  is a global business leader who builds profitable, scalable businesses by delivering on his strong personal bel