Lean Scale Up

Grow your Small Business with Lean

Lean Startup^TM companies are welcomed, but this is not about finding product market fit or minimum viable product (MVP). It is not about starting a business. If you are looking for rapid growth with the purpose of being acquired, this may not be the fast-track investor-rich style of growth that may be needed. The organizations that will benefit most are small companies that want to establish a method for achieving and sustaining organic growth. To benefit the most, your organization should have a commercially viable product or service (CVP/CVS).

This will follow Lean practices and principles. The two pillars of Lean, respect for people and continuous improvement will provide the bedrock for establishing the culture of growth within your organization. Lean offers the best business model for the implementation of standardization, continuous improvement and innovation. I use the acronyms of SDCA, PDCA, EDCA, respectively, to describe these.

You will learn through the week:

How to convert from the entrepreneurial stage to a viable small business
How to take a stagnant small business and revitalize it for growth
How, when and which products to standardize
How to traverse the product/service gateways of SDCA/PDCA/EDCA
How to embed the power of 3 in your organizational thinking.
How to become customer-centered
How to keep your start-up spirit intact
How to Sustain Growth

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About: Joe Dager is president of Business901, a firm specializing in bringing the continuous improvement process to the sales and marketing arena. He has taken his process thinking of over thirty years in small business within a wide variety of industries and applied it through Lean Marketing Concepts. Joe put himself through college utilizing the GI Bill, the result of being a member of the 82^nd Airborne Division, and as a welder at Asphalt Drum Mixers. This hands-on approach and an education in both in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering have served him well becoming president of that company and later leaving to own several other companies. Joe has participated in company revitalization efforts, start-ups, and turnarounds, in a variety of industries, to include professional services, retail, and manufacturing.

“I have long been a fan of Joe and Business901 but it was not until the spring of this year that I hired Joe to assist me with my marketing efforts. His commitment and dedication to helping me achieve my business goals has been second only to my own. Combining his creative approach to the content side of marketing with his use of Lean marketing strategies, Joe has delivered far above my expectations. If you want to take your business to the next level, I’d highly recommend contacting Joe and Business901.” – S. Wilson