FastScaling: How Can Founders Get Through the Growth Valley of Death: Productivity Mastery #77 with Patrick Flesner
Productivity Mastery - A podcast by Stoyan Yankov
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In episode #77 we’re having the author of “FastScaling: The Smart Path to Building Massively Valuable Businesses” - Patrick Fleshner. He shared with us a lot of essential tips for founders of start-up businesses: that might “Get Through the Growth Valley of Death”: 💡 The five building blocks of fast scaling, 💡 How to accelerate growth – predictably and efficiently, 💡 Focusing on Customer success, 💡 How to stay on top of the game by implementing healthy habits, and much more! Patrick Flesner is a growth capital investor and a partner at the investment firm LeadX Capital Partners. Each year, he looks at hundreds of tech companies that want to raise capital in order to accelerate growth. He sees patterns in companies that fail and companies that succeed. His respective growth expertise and his knowledge deriving from more than 16 years in Private Equity and Venture Capital have gone into his latest book, FastScaling. Prior to joining LeadX Capital Partners, where he built one of the largest European portfolios of B2B and B2B2C tech companies active in consumer industries, Patrick Flesner had been a lawyer and partner at reputable German business law firms. His articles on Venture Capital and M&A have been published by renowned magazines like the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Global Corporate Venturing Magazine. Patrick Flesner received a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Cologne and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from INSEAD Business School. He lives with his wife and children in Cologne, Germany. Enjoy listening and stay #productive!