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Sep 02, 2022•4 min•Season 4Ep. 1
ScaleUp Madison!
Topics on entrepreneurship including growth strategies, finance, and management of early stage and later stage small businesses.
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Google for Startups - 7 Traits of successful founders study
A brief review of the survey published in Inc Magazine summarizing the Google for Startup study of traits of successful startups.
Jun 21, 2022•5 min
Flexibility vs. Efficiency - what operating strategy are you?
Expanding on the on the operating strategy for small businesses.
Jun 13, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
An overview of entrepreneurial firm operating strategies
Brief introduction to the Efficiency and Flexibility strategies that firms choose for there operations.
May 20, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Organizational Design for the Entrepreneurial firm - Are you a Efficiency-type firm or a Flexibility-type firm? - Part 1
Many firms have problems that can be directly related back to how they design their operations. In this podcast and several to follow, we'll discuss ways that firms can organize operations contingency on their desires and fit with the outside environment.
May 14, 2021•10 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Decision Making - Part 5, some examples of the Vroom Yetton Model
This final episode on the Vroom Yetton Model using some simple applications.
May 11, 2021•9 min
The Trusted Employee - how one employee can bring down an entire operation in a small enterprise
Taking a little break from the discussion on Decision Making in entrepreneurial firms, this episode discusses the 'trusted employee' found in many Product/Service type organizations. Using a recent Financial Times article as a backdrop, we focus on the how the trusted financial officer of the Trump Organization is under scrutiny by regulators and prosecutors. We then discuss general background of the trusted employees in small firms and how you might take steps to reduce the risk of too much pow...
Apr 27, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Group vs. Autocratic Decision Making, Vroom Yetton Part 2
Building on our previous discussion, the Vroom Yetton Model for Decision making doesn't provide the solution but helps in the process of decision making, especially in weighing how much to involve the group vs. going alone.
Apr 22, 2021•5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Decision Making - Styles of Decision Making that will drive the process, Part 1
The Vroom-Yetton Model of Decision Making is one of the most effective means to determine 'how' you should decide with emphasis on making a decision on your own vs. consensus. The model, established in the 1970s and 1980s, still has relevance in providing insight on adapting your decision to the situation at hand. This initial segment will focus on the five general decision making types in the model.
Nov 24, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Entrepreneurial Management - the Decision Making Process, Part 1
Managing a startup requires lots of quick but important decisions. These series of podcasts will discuss processes in determining group vs. individual decisions.
Oct 03, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Leadership Behavior in Small Businesses - Should be Considerate or a Task Master?
As part of Entrepreneurial Leadership, the style and behavior of the founder/CEO and other managers is critical to firm success. This podcast provides info on two leadership behaviors and what may be the optimal style.
Aug 25, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Leadership Styles in Entrepreneurial Firms
The leadership characteristics exhibited in the different types of enterprises.
Aug 06, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The Administrative Type Organization - structuring the enterprise to grow
The third in a series of podcasts on different classifications of small businesses. The discussed, the Administrative Type firm, highlights characteristics of a structure that small businesses can evolve towards leading to better capability to manage their growth.
Jul 20, 2020•6 min
The Promoter Type Organization - They can sell anything!
Part 2 of our discussion on Organizational Types. This type, the Promoter or Market/Innovation firm, discusses the leadership structure of such a firm along with a few strengths and weaknesses.
Jul 07, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The Lifestyle or Craft Type Organization
Using the late Professor Alan C. Filley's research on small business/entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Business as the foundation of the podcast, we delve into 'types' organizations, or characteristics that small businesses exhibit in their leadership and organization structures. This episode discusses the 'Lifestyle' or 'Craft-type firm'.
Jun 29, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 2
A Parable - why entrepreneurial firms need organization
The initial episode of Scale Up Madison provides a brief introduction to the podcaster, Dr. Phil Greenwood, and introduces a short story or parable that highlights the importance of providing organization in an entrepreneurial firm. In following podcasts, Scale Up Madison will focus on adaptive strategies that entrepreneurs follow in organizing their firm, sometimes through planning, sometimes just letting it happen.
Jun 24, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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