This class addresses the unique challenges faced by entrepreneurs as they rapidly scale a company.
Through case studies and role playing, students learn from a wide variety of class guests about how to handle challenges such as missing revenue forecasts, dealing with employee performance issues, managing challenging board interactions, leading an organization through a publicly visible crisis, and negotiating with aggrieved partners.
Managing Growing Enterprisesopen in new window is offered to students who, in the near term, aspire to the management and full or partial ownership of a business. It’s taught as a 45-person seminar, enabling rich classroom discussion, and is taught by entrepreneurial leaders who have successfully navigated the challenges of managing a growing firm.