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We work with strategic innovation partners to empower high-growth tech and research spinouts, startups and scaleups to commercialise, launch and accelerate growth internationally
A vibrant and growing economy needs a strong pipeline of innovative businesses that achieve international success and boost export levels, but too few tech companies scale to become global players.
Innovative research and tech-based companies, despite having a great product or service, often lack the entrepreneurial skills, confidence and commercial acumen to successfully bring them to market, secure customers at scale, attract investment and accelerate growth internationally.
Our entrepreneurial educational programmes and mentorship model enable entrepreneurs to increase opportunity, create success and realise their full potential by providing a proven formula that helps early-stage ventures.
From idea validation and market discovery
Commercialisation
Launch
Scaling
International growth
Attract investment
In essence, we improve a company’s ability to validate a concept in the market, commercialise and launch, helping to create sustainable, competitive businesses and unlock economic potential.
How Grand Scale works with business accelerators, incubators, government agencies and investment communities
We deliver entrepreneurial training and mentorship for each stage of the business journey, from idea validation and market discovery to commercialisation, launch, scaling, and international growth.
We offer innovative online entrepreneurial education programmes designed specifically to empower pre-starts, spinouts, startups, and scaling companies, to accelerate commercialisation, secure customers, attract investment, scale and grow internationally.
Our delivery approach prioritises flexibility, accessibility, and diversity, while fostering an inclusive community that supports entrepreneurs throughout their business journey.
Business Journey and Grand Scale Programmes
What we offer
Training Programme
An innovative entrepreneurial education programme designed to empower early-stage ventures to transform innovative concepts into successful, commercially robust enterprises.
Providing essential entrepreneurial knowledge and skills, including:
- Effective testing and validation of their innovative concepts in the market.
- Defining their path to market for launch.
- Securing essential investment to drive their business forward.
Teams acquire crucial entrepreneurial skills to develop a robust business model, validate product-market fit, and gather early customer feedback for refinement. Additionally, they learn how to confidently determine their route to market, craft a go-to-market strategy, and engage with the funding and investment community.
Training Programme
The Kickstart programme is specifically designed for B2B tech companies that have ambitions to grow their customer base rapidly and are seeking support to develop an effective go-to-market strategy for launch.
The 6-week training programme is delivered by highly experienced and successful growth marketers and helps you create a solid go-to market strategy and action plan for business growth.
The online, in-depth, interactive programme covers how to establish your ideal champion persona, use prospecting strategies to secure volumes of potential customers, create content that converts and gives you the know-how to realise the full power of automation to scale your marketing operations.
Membership
Empower is the ultimate strategic sales and marketing membership experience giving B2B tech companies vital skills to successfully launch, grow and scale.
It delivers everything you need to supercharge your sales and marketing and accelerate your growth: proven, actionable strategies, expert coaching on a wide range of sales and marketing topics, dynamic B2B tech community, and ongoing mentorship from industry subject matter experts.
Led by Leanne and Ro, seasoned marketeers who are well-versed in the entrepreneurial journey, this multidisciplinary team collaboratively supports members across all facets of commercialisation. This holistic approach enables participants to gain insights and strategies in specialised areas including enterprise sales, branding, SEO, investor relations, and more.
Custom Services
Custom Entrepreneurial Education Programmes
We can develop a customised entrepreneurial education programme that is tailored to the needs and goals of your organisation. Please get in touch to discuss your custom requirements.
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Why partner with Grand Scale?
Trusted delivery partner
We are a trusted partner to government agencies, accelerators, incubators and investment communities across the UK and Ireland.
We are currently a strategic partner to the UK’s national innovation agency, Innovate UK , delivering sales and marketing programmes through their ICURe programme, and are members of the ICURe steering committee.
We have over 45 years’ experience
Grand Scale was founded by two female entrepreneurs who together have over 45 years’ proven success in spearheading marketing for innovative tech startups from early stage to growth, scaling and exit, as well as within global brands.
We’ve worked with hundreds of tech entrepreneurs
We’ve given hundreds of UK and Ireland-based companies the skills, strategies and support to successfully launch and grow their business and achieve international breakthrough.
We’ve worked across a range of innovation areas
Our experience spans a wide range of innovation areas – net zero, medtech, fintech, agritech, bioscience, manufacturing, pharma, engineering and more – and we have a track record that speaks for itself.
Our programmes are centred on equality, diversity and inclusion
Our entrepreneurial education programmes are designed to remove barriers and create opportunities, leading to higher participation from diverse communities. With flexible, digital-first learning, we make resources accessible to anyone, anywhere.
We deliver programmes that make a big impact
At Grand Scale, we champion the journey from innovation to commercialisation and are dedicated to creating real, measurable impact.
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Net Promoter Score (NPS) demonstrating impressive customer loyalty. Well above the 50 threshold considered excellent
Our partners
We work with universities, government agencies, venture capitalists and other partners to deliver cohorts of programmes. Our partners include:
We are a strategic partner to the UK’s national innovation agency, Innovate UK
Innovate UK chose to partner with Grand Scale to support early-stage ventures, with the aim of improving their ability to launch, grow and scale. Following a pilot programme and evaluation, wherein Grand Scale designed a specific curriculum, Innovate UK established a three-year partnership with Grand Scale to deliver Kickstart for ICURe spinouts. The expert led programme enhanced the capability of commercially focused teams and aids Innovate UK in delivering through-life support of innovative companies.
Leanne and Ro are key members of the operational and steering groups for the ICURe and Scaling the Edge programmes at Innovate UK. They bring first-hand knowledge and experience of the challenges associated with being female founders in a devolved nation. This has shaped Innovate UK’s commercialisation portfolio, ensuring it is accessible to all.
I would not hesitate to recommend Ro and Leanne for the delivery of programmes associated with public funding and regional and national efforts.
Leanne and Ro are key members of the operational and steering groups for the ICURe and Scaling the Edge programmes at Innovate UK. They bring first-hand knowledge and experience of the challenges associated with being female founders in a devolved nation. This has shaped Innovate UK’s commercialisation portfolio, ensuring it is accessible to all.
I would not hesitate to recommend Ro and Leanne for the delivery of programmes associated with public funding and regional and national efforts.
Dr. Emma Burke
Innovation Lead - Commercialisation
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What our participants say:
This programme is an eye opener, a game changer for any new or growing business. it would have been disastrous to have started our business without participating in this programme. What a great privilege to be enlisted in the grand scale ignite programme before spinning out.
Dr Joshua Dala
Researcher, University of Aberdeen
This programme is a must for every founder when transitioning from academia into business. It gives you the necessary tools to understand the marketing mechanics, and how to succeed in commercializing your technology. I gained so much confidence after this programme that I attribute the successful engagement with new clients (and closing of deals) thanks to the learning gained during the programme.
Juan Pablo Echenique
CEO & Co-founder, Reoptimize Systems
KickStart training has been a game-changer for our start-up. We gained a deep understanding of our target customers, learnt how to built a robust sales pipeline, and implement effective marketing automation. Highly recommended for start-ups looking to excel in sales and marketing.
Magdalena Karlikowska
CEO, Cytecom
Grand Scale has played a pivotal role in the growth of ReproGo. Their strategic marketing leadership has provided valuable insights and guidance, helping us navigate the challenges of scaling our startup effectively. With their expertise, we've been able to implement targeted strategies that have contributed to our success. We're grateful for their support and partnership in our journey.
Sophia Kelaini
Co-founder & CEO, ReproGo
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