web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:17:15 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Smith Business Insight Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Scaling Your Startup” https://smithinsight.fireside.fm/tags/scaling%20your%20startup Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0500 Tune in for a different take on business, with professors, researchers and experts from Smith School of Business. Understand the rapidly evolving corporate world, stay ahead of the curve, and navigate a landscape that is no longer defined by the balance sheet alone. en-us episodic Fresh ideas from Smith School of Business at Queen’s Universit Smith Business Insight Tune in for a different take on business, with professors, researchers and experts from Smith School of Business. Understand the rapidly evolving corporate world, stay ahead of the curve, and navigate a landscape that is no longer defined by the balance sheet alone. no Smith Business Insight smithinsight@queensu.ca Start-up Cycle: Scaling https://smithinsight.fireside.fm/4 17633e2c-6748-4f28-9fbb-7fcb35b0c1a2 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:00:00 -0500 Smith Business Insight full 1 Smith Business Insight One of the challenges when you are growing your business is finding the right balance: do you grow the leadership team first, or focus on the sales force? And how far into the future should you be casting your gaze? We tackle these questions and more as we explore the subject of scaling with Eva Wong, co-founder and COO of Borrowell, and professor Jim Hamilton, an expert in sales management who has plenty of his own experience growing start-up companies. We will also hear the management evidence on what makes great entrepreneurial teams tick. Your host is Meredith Dault. 37:43 no One of the challenges when you are growing your business is finding the right balance: do you grow the leadership team first, or focus on the sales force? And how far into the future should you be casting your gaze? We tackle these questions and more as we explore the subject of scaling with Eva Wong, co-founder and COO of Borrowell, and professor Jim Hamilton, an expert in sales management who has plenty of his own experience growing start-up companies. We will also hear the management evidence on what makes great entrepreneurial teams tick. Your host is Meredith Dault. This episode refers to the following research: T. Yu-wen Huang et al, “Which matters more? Group fear versus hope in entrepreneurial escalation of commitment” in Strategic Management Journal (2019 early publication online) L. Jin et al, "Entrepreneurial team composition characteristics and new venture performance: a meta-analysis” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2017) 743-771 Y. Dai et al, "The direct and indirect impact of gender diversity in new venture teams on innovation performance” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2019) Vol. 43(3) 505–528 Special Guests: Alan Morantz , Eva Wong , and Jim Hamilton . scaling, scaling your business, how to scale, entrepreneur, start-up, startup, startups, entrepreneurship, business success, young entrepreneurs, startup founders, business ideas, bootstrapping, ideas, inventions, lean startups, startup business, technology startups, hydropool, vacation fund, smith school of business, queen's university, business school, business education, elspeth murray, dave jackson, erica pearson, matthias spitzmuller, passion, perseverance, new ideas, new business One of the challenges when you are growing your business is finding the right balance: do you grow the leadership team first, or focus on the sales force? And how far into the future should you be casting your gaze? We tackle these questions and more as we explore the subject of scaling with Eva Wong, co-founder and COO of Borrowell, and professor Jim Hamilton, an expert in sales management who has plenty of his own experience growing start-up companies. We will also hear the management evidence on what makes great entrepreneurial teams tick. Your host is Meredith Dault.

This episode refers to the following research:

T. Yu-wen Huang et al, “Which matters more? Group fear versus hope in entrepreneurial escalation of commitment” in Strategic Management Journal (2019 early publication online)

L. Jin et al, "Entrepreneurial team composition characteristics and new venture performance: a meta-analysis” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2017) 743-771

Y. Dai et al, "The direct and indirect impact of gender diversity in new venture teams on innovation performance” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2019) Vol. 43(3) 505–528

Special Guests: Alan Morantz , Eva Wong , and Jim Hamilton .

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This episode refers to the following research:

T. Yu-wen Huang et al, “Which matters more? Group fear versus hope in entrepreneurial escalation of commitment” in Strategic Management Journal (2019 early publication online)

L. Jin et al, "Entrepreneurial team composition characteristics and new venture performance: a meta-analysis” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2017) 743-771

Y. Dai et al, "The direct and indirect impact of gender diversity in new venture teams on innovation performance” in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2019) Vol. 43(3) 505–528

Special Guests: Alan Morantz , Eva Wong , and Jim Hamilton .

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