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Executive Short Program

Scaling for Success Scaling for Success

Scaling a startup is a critical step for any business leader aiming to build lasting value. It takes more than a good idea—it requires clear strategy, operational discipline, and a deep understanding of the people who matter most: your customers, team, investors, and partners. This program helps you shift from pre-scaling to scaling strategies, equipping you with practical tools, evidence-informed methods, and access to HEC Paris’s dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem. You’ll leave with a stronger foundation for profitable, sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive and fast-moving market.

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
  • 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
  • Identify, reach, and retain your target customers and clients through effective marketing strategies essential for scaling
  • Apply innovation, new technologies, and data to refine your business model and scale more efficiently and effectively
  • Learn to focus the value proposition of your venture and pitch to investors, strategically, and convincingly
  • Gain practical approaches to address the key challenges of scaling up and sustaining growth

Programme

Business modelling, lean startup, and innovation accounting

Scaling up strategies and directions for growth

Leveraging your partnerships to scale

The financial issues of scaling in a challenging economic context

High growth HR: people priorities for scaling organizations

Marketing and the role of customers and clients in scaling up a business

Pitch battle: finetuning for scale-up funding

Real-World Scaling: Expert Perspectives and Ecosystem Connections

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, such as consultants or investors.

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Prerequisites & Admission Criteria

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

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Participant Satisfaction and Success Rate

4,4 / 5*
*Average satisfaction rating given by participants (on a scale from 1 to 5) over the past year.
100% success rate, recorded during the same period.

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.

Teaching Methods and Assessment Modalities

The innovative learning methods feature case studies, applicable frameworks, breakout sessions, investor feedback, 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 takes place on the HEC Paris campus and includes a visit to a leading innovation hub or high-growth scaleup within Paris’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Registration

Would you like to register?  We invite you to: 

1. Complete your registration form on our platform by clicking the button below. It will only take a few minutes. 

Registration

2. You will receive a response within 7 days of submitting your application.

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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Valeria Gorbunova

Program Advisor

gorbunova@hec.fr
+33 (0) 1 39 67 74 53
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