The IT Pro Podcast: Going from startup to scale-up
How companies can overcome ‘second album syndrome’ as they grow
The perils of running a startup are often talked about, whether it’s trying to secure funding, marshalling the tech you need or establishing your go-to-market strategy - but no company can remain a startup forever. Eventually, every startup needs to try and grow beyond its current stage, undertaking the difficult journey to scale its operation without falling apart at the seams.
In many ways, the scale-up stage is the ‘tricky second album’ of corporate operations, and is fraught with new and distinct pitfalls than those faced by founders in the early days of a company’s lifecycle. This week, we’re joined by startup adviser and SmartDebit CIO and director Gavin Scruby, to discuss how companies can effectively meet the challenges of becoming a scale-up.
In this week’s news section, we look at what the theft of secret documents from former trade secretary Liam Fox says about data security practises, whether the new iMac represents good value for money, and the conviction of Uber’s self-driving maven Anthony Levandowski.
Footnotes
News
- Russia hacked Liam Fox's personal email to steal trade documents
- Apple updates 27in iMac with 10th-gen Intel CPUs and 1080p webcam
- Ex-Google engineer gets jail time for trade secrets theft
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