The greatest challenge of any startup and growth company is the
transition from an early stage startup to a robust organization complete
with a driving culture, contemporary leadership, organizational
infrastructure and twenty-first-century operating methodologies. Ralf
Specht provides inspiration, wisdom, and learnings gleaned from his role
and experience in creating and scaling Spark 44, a Jaguar Land Rover
joint venture, from concept to an award- winning global marketing
communications company with well over a thousand employees in 18
countries in a few short years. In the high interest topic of startups
focused on the beginning stages of entrepreneurship, Beyond the
Startup fills a void in the entrepreneurial discussion on how to scale
a second stage startup laying out, in practical terms, the tools and
practices that made Spark44 a global powerhouse.