FastScaling: The Smart Path to Building Massively Valuable Businesses (Leadership and Growth Series)

Handbook For Startup Founders and Startup Growth Leaders

Do you want to know how to build, lead, and scale a startup successfully? Then this book is for you. This book will enable you to build, lead, and scale your startup fast, efficiently, and systematically.

The Venture Capital Industry Has Changed

The times are over when venture capital investors focused on blitzscaling startups. It is not all about revenue growth anymore. Today, most investors look for founders who are capable of building, leading, and scaling their businesses fast and efficiently. In this book, you will learn how to do this. You will learn how to build massively valuable startups fast and efficiently. You will learn how to impress venture capital investors with your smart growth strategy.

In this book, you will learn:

• How to build a solid high growth foundation
• How to validate your business model
• How to generate and measure product/market fit
• Why product/market fit is not all that matters
• How to find a working distribution channel
• How to generate and measure product/channel fit
• How to calculate unit economics
• How to properly analyse the size of your target market
• Why customer success should always be your north start
• How to grow your business predictably and efficiently
• How to measure growth efficiency
• How to build a high growth organization
• How to raise venture capital
• How to create a compelling venture capital pitch deck
• How to prepare for your exit

What others say:

"Exactly the book I needed to read right now. The content facilitated my decision to scale and which growth strategy to pursue. I now have a clear view of how aggressive I should be and what this means in terms of cash burn. Balancing growth and cash burn feels a lot easier now."

"Finally someone who not only advocates blitzscaling and top line growth but provides me with a systematic and smart approach to growing my business. I can only recommend this book."

"Comprehensive yet detailed, Patrick Flesner has written a practical guidebook for the aspiring tech entrepreneur. In it, he clearly lays out the path and checkmarks for a rapid yet sustainable growth trajectory. With 14 years in SaaS / Tech growth functions, I can only testify his account on common pitfalls and what it takes to drive sustainable growth. Required reading for high growth executives, staff and investors alike."

"FastScaling is a great book, that provides you with fast, and smart approach to growing your business. Therefore it explains systematically how cross-functional expertise and a smart strategy leads to building massively valuable businesses. I recommend this book to every founder!"

"Llevo 6 años dirigiendo mi empresa y desearía tener este libro cuando empezamos. Este libro es una lectura obligada para cualquier emprendedor, ya sea que esté comenzando o haya estado en el negocio durante años."

"Fastscaling est un très bon outil de management. Aussi utile pour ceux qui montent leur première startup que ceux qui se lancent dans une deuxième/troisième aventure."

Have a good startup read!
Patrick