3. Five ways to scale
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Leapfrog
Franchise
Spread Out
Scale Up
YY Y
Y Y
Y
Alliance
B D
A C
4. Why is this hard?
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LeadershipStrategyGoals
Unsustainable … Meritocratic …Mission but no ...
• Can it pay its
way, or does it
need
donations?
• What gets
better with
size, e.g.
network
effects?
• Do costs fall
with growth?
• Do leaders own
the problem?
• Good people
doing smart
things, or
smart people
doing good
things?
• How any team
member can
pick what to
do, and not?
• When to say
no?
• How to bind a
diverse
coalition?