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Executive Short Program

Scaling for Success Scaling for Success

The ability to scale a venture is a crucial skill for any business leader who wants to create lasting value and make a positive impact in the world. Scaling requires a combination of strategic thinking, operational excellence, and a deep understanding of the needs and aspirations of customers, employees, investors, and other stakeholders. By mastering these skills, businesses will not only grow, but also thrive in today’s fast-changing and competitive marketplace. This program will enable you to build rich connections, develop a robust toolkit to move your venture forwards and learn how to increase your chances to achieve profitable growth.

Place(s):

Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus

Duration:

4 days

Format:

In-class

Next start(s):

Dec 09 2025

Language(s):

English

Cost:

5 900 €*

Objectives

  • Integrate frameworks to not only identify strategic growth options, but also to establish what does and does not work in your business model
  • Apply innovation, new technologies, and data to refine your business model and scale more efficiently and effectively
  • Understand the importance of governance, pursue win-win partnerships, determine an adequate financing scheme, and attract the right type of investors
  • Establish a roadmap to expand your team and construct a full-fledged organization
  • Learn to focus the value proposition of your venture and pitch to investors, strategically, and convincingly

Programme

Business modelling, lean startup, and innovation accounting

Leveraging your partnerships to scale

Data science and AI to boost business

The strategic and financial issues of scaling in a challenging economic context

High growth HR: people priorities for scaling organizations

Pitch battle: finetuning for scale-up funding

Applying innovative approaches to your project

Investor roundtables

Profile

Who is this program for? Is it right for you?

Participant Profile

The program has been designed for anyone who owns a startup or who has experience working in a startup, and who now has an interest in learning how to overcome the challenges of scaling up and grow their venture faster to become an established firm.

  • Company founders or C-level executives who want to achieve high growth
  • Professionals looking for hands-on insights into dealing with the challenges facing growing companies
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Prerequisites & Admission Criteria

5 years' professional experience as an executive, director, manager, etc.

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Faculty

Denisa Mindruta

Associate Professor Strategy and Business Policy

Scaling a venture is an exciting but complex journey, requiring more than just a great idea. It demands a deep understanding of growth opportunities and the challenges that come with them. Delivered by HEC Faculty and professionals from the HEC entrepreneurship ecosystem, and in partnership with Station F, this intensive training week provides an exceptional experience to address the real challenges of scaling a business.
DENISA MINDRUTA

Teaching Methods and Assessment Modalities

The innovative learning methods feature case studies, applicable frameworks, breakout sessions, investor roundtables, and pitching, which enable participants to acquire and apply new tools during each day of the program.

Then, in small discussion groups, they develop an actionable plan to scale their organization. The program is run on the HEC Paris campus and at Station F, the world’s largest startup campus.

Registration

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Registration

This program is accessible for people with disabilities. Please contact us if you have any specific requirements or to obtain the Public Accessibility Register.

Tuition Fees and Funding

The program fee includes tuition and meal costs during training hours (lunch and breaks).

Not included: Dinners (except in specific cases), transportation costs, and accommodation costs (except in specific cases).

Funding Options: Depending on your profile and chosen program, several solutions may be available to you. Visit our funding section for more information.

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