Questions Prospective Companies May Ask:

Will my company benefit from the Scalerator program?

That’s a fair question. All participants in the Scalerator NEO program found great value in the program (see Testimonials), and Scalerator has been running in other parts of the country and the world. Here’s what we heard from companies that we talked to after they went through Scalerator NEO:

Can the Scalerator really help a company grow?  The Scalerator curriculum has proven to help companies from diverse industries and sectors grow -- many increasing 25% or more following the program and about 75% are experiencing aggressive growth. The first Scaleraor NEO cohort collectively experiences a growth in earnings (EBIT) of 40% from 2016 to 2017 and the group plans to double growth from 9% in 2017 to 18% in 2018.

Where has the Scalerator program been used and proven? Well over 400 companies have participated in and benefited from the Scalerator program in NE Ohio as well as in Milwaukee, Canada, Colombia, Guatemala, UK and South Korea. 

Who attends the workshops? The owner / CEO of the business commits to attend each of the workshops. Appropriate members of the company’s executive team are highly encouraged to accompany the owner during the workshops. For example, many Scalers have found great benefit from having at least 2+ members of their team participate in all of the workshops so that they are all ready to implement their action plans immediately following each workshop.

What kind of companies will be in the program? One of the proven perks of the Scalerator program is that entrepreneurs benefit from learning from their contemporaries in diverse industries. The Selection Committee will choose a diverse class of companies to maximize the value of the program for the participants.

Who is teaching the classes? Scalerator NEO is taught primarily by faculty from Babson College. Check out the bios of the faculty. Dan Isenberg, founding director of the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Project, developed the curriculum and selects the faculty. Dan is a former entrepreneur and investor as well as a professor at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and Columbia University Business School. Babson College is ranked as the nation’s top provider of entrepreneurship education.