

What a Unicorn Knows
How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable Growth
Author: Matthew E. May, Pablo Dominguez, Nick Mehta
Narrator: Lyle Blaker
Unabridged: 7 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 02/21/2023
Categories: Nonfiction, Business & Economics, Business Development
Synopsis
It's easy for scale-ups, giddy from early startup success, to get ahead of themselves and stumble. It's even easier to be slowed down by the many forces of resistance working against them: drag, inertia, friction, and waste.
Drawing on a mastery of lean-based methods for achieving maximum effect with minimum means, private equity operators Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez provide listeners with a powerful framework of universally applicable principles that enable any company to effectively accelerate its ability to scale and grow.
Called The Unicorn Model™ and built on five foundational principles, the authors deliver a compelling narrative of stories and experiences in an easy-to-remember mnemonic, S.C.A.L.E.: Strategic speed, Constant experimentation, Accelerated value, Lean process, and Esprit de corps.
Drawn from the authors' successful track record in using S.C.A.L.E. with a wide variety of unicorn-level companies, What a Unicorn Knows offers a necessary guide for rapid but lasting growth.