Signs your Startup is Ready to Scale

Startups are increasingly becoming the more popular model of Business as they show the most potential to grow. So what is scalability? Well quite simply it’s the ability to grow and multiply profits without involving any additional funding and resources than what the company had initially. However, nearly 70% of startups fail to achieve this scalability. Without the scalability element, your firm would just be a small business and not a startup. Now let’s get into the signs that your startup is ready to be up scaled.

Product Market Fit

Only when your product fulfills certain needs of the consumers in the market will it be considered to be a viable product and show the potential of scalability. A more positive sign of scalability is when you start receiving order in excess of your ability to produce, then your startup will be goaded into stepping up its production to meet this new demand.

Solid business model

In order to have a rapidly growing business one must plan ahead and ensure that a proper game plan is in place to direct such spikes in output. A solid Business Model would involve projections of growth for a good amount of time, around five years or more, else keeping up with a rapidly scaling model becomes a problem. The business model must factor in cost of acquiring a customer and costs of production; when the cost of acquiring a customer is less than the life time value of a customer then the business model gets viable.

You have the right team

Without the right team nothing can be achieved, you’ll need a team that is willing to duke it out through tides and storms and whose values are close to your own. The closer your team feels to each other and the more committed they are to the company’s welfare the more likely it is you have the right resources to be a rapidly scaling business.

Company ethos

A company’s ethos is something that evolves naturally as the company grows, not exactly something that you need to consciously ideate. A company’s ethos dictates how a company relates to its employees and customers. Once your company has a well-defined ethos, growth will naturally follow in suit.

Profitability

This one is a deal breaker, unless you’ve been turning a profit for a while and in good measure, you cannot hope for scalability of your startup. Just turning a profit is not enough, but one needs to have the ability to assess one’s product and see which parts are turning a profit and scale up those components.

These are the signs that your startup is ready to make the leap and scale upwards, so if you see yourself clearing all these parameters, then good news!

The Best Office Space In Bangalore – Book Now!

The post Signs your Startup is Ready to Scale appeared first on Novel Office.