Why Some Start-Ups Fail to Scale

Managing rapid growth is a huge challenge for young businesses.
Even start-ups with glowing reviews and skyrocketing sales can
fail. That’s because new ventures and corporate initiatives alike
have to sustain profitability at scale, according to Harvard
Business School senior lecturer Jeffrey Rayport. He has researched
some of the biggest stumbling blocks to long-lasting success and
explains how to make the tricky transition out of the start-up
phase successfully. With professors Davide Sola and Martin Kupp of
ESCP Business School, Rayport cowrote the HBR article “The
Overlooked Key to a Successful Scale-Up.”