Start to Scale: Secrets to Starting and Scaling Any Size Organization

Authored by Verne Harnish, a serial entrepreneur, advisor, and venture investor, the book provides business leaders with the fundamentals necessary for building real wealth. This quick read offers numerous practical examples and case studies of growth firms-scaleups-using Verne's tools, such as the One-Page Strategic Plan, to successfully scale their companies. Verne Harnish is the founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and Scaling Up (formerly Gazelles), a global executive education, coaching, and technology firm. He has authored four bestselling books, including Start to Scale, The Greatest Business Decisions of All Times (with a foreword by Jim Collins), Scaling Up Compensation, and Scaling Up (Revised). nAre you starting up or ready to scale your existing business? Do you want an easier way to do it, with less drama? Looking for a resource your entire leadership team and team members can read quickly, to get everyone in your organization on the same page? Start to Scale is where you and your team can begin, with the tools and techniques that have helped over 102,000 firms like yours scale. These techniques have been used by highly successful industry legends, including Dave Rogenmoser and his partners who started their firm over a weekend with the Start to Scale tools and scaled to over $1 billion in valuation (a tale so noteworthy, it's the opening story in this book). Author Verne Harnish is a serial entrepreneur, advisor, venture investor, and founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) and EO's premier executive education program. Alongside his global organization of over three hundred partners, Harnish has produced this essential guide. Based on over four decades of experience helping firms scale, Start to Scale distills decades of business wisdom into a practical, actionable framework. Start to Scale focuses on four critical decisions every company must get right: People: Learn how to build a team aligned with your core values. Strategy: Develop a plan that truly matters to customers and sets you apart. Execution: Master the art of priority-setting and effective meeting rhythms. Cash: Ensure you never run out of fuel for growth. Aligning with Verne's best-seller Scaling Up, this is the book you start with to build a foundation of battle-tested tools and techniques, including: The One-Page Strategic Plan (OPSP) to align your entire organization Effective meeting rhythms to drive accountability and com