Scaling Up - More brains, more cash, more momentum... more problems?! - Acquisitions Anonymous Episode 95

Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Kevin Lawrence and Brad Giles to talk about the Scaling Up methodology. We talk about:
What is Scaling up? What business is it useful for? Scaling Up vs. EOS, What is the role of a CEO? How to hire a CEO?

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Show Notes:

2:25 - Brad Giles & Kevin Lawrence Introduction
3:48 - What is Scaling Up?
6:18 - What business would benefit from the Scaling Up Framework?
10:00 - What kind of home-baked systems have you seen?
12:07 - The four decisions in Scaling-Up 
14:25 - What are the pain points for an entrepreneur that makes a Business Owner search for an applicable system?
19:25 - What is the secret weapon of Scaling Up?
27:53 - What are predictable issues of Scaling?
33:24 - How do I know if I’m not scaling?
38:00 - The problem with autocratic leadership
42:22 - How do you hire a CEO?

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Links:

* Brad & Kevin’s Podcast ‘The Growth Whisperers’

* Kevin's book Your oxygen mask first - The importance of CEOs

* Made to Thrive - The five roles of a CEO
* https://lawrenceandco.com/ 

* https://evolutionpartners.com.au/ 

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Past guests on Acquanon include Nick Huber, Brent Beshore, Aaron Rubin, Mike Botkin, Ari Ozick, Mitchell Baldridge, Xavier Helgelsen, Mike Loftus, Steve Divitkos, Dzmitry Miranovich, Morgan Tate and more.

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#90 Move over Elon - Here's what we'd do if we acquired Twitter

#87 Yelp is not evil! Building a business using digital CAC - Featuring Johnny Robinson from O

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