Program Design
Expert-led workshops. Personalized mentorship. Invaluable peer network.
No cost.
Founders and executive team members attend intensive workshop sessions led by global experts. We customize the topics and speakers to meet the specific demands and challenges facing each cohort.
Program Workshops
As your company scales, so does your role as a leader. Learn how to best adapt your leadership style and team in support of rapid growth amid the challenges of remote work and the cascading changes to the economy.
Speakers and Workshops:
- Mike Wessinger, Founder, PointClickCare — Building a Canadian uinicorn
- Loren Padelford, former GM and VP of Revenue, Shopify — Leading for hypergrowth
- Goly Anvary, former Head of Innovation and Marketing, Gap Inc. — Core strengths, core values and leadership
- Sloan Gaon, CEO, PulsePoint — Leading with Rockefeller habits
- Chris Bryson, CEO, New School Foods, former CEO, Unata — From startup to scaleup
Going global brings challenges on a global scale. And now the world has changed. Learn what you need to know to enter and excel in international markets from experts who have weathered many storms.
Speakers and Workshops:
- Tim Kendall, CEO, Moment, former President, Pinterest — Impact of technology
- Benji Shomair, VP Commerce Business, Meta — Lessons from scaling Facebook
- Chris Yeh, Author, Managing PArtner, Wasabi Ventures — Blitzscaling
- Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist, Canva — The art of innovation
Knowing how to attract, hire, onboard, and develop the best people is integral to fueling your company's growth trajectory. Create strategic alignment, in good times and bad.
Speakers and Workshops:
- Chris Caren, CEO, Turnitin — Scaling company culture
- Jami Zakem, former VP Customer Success, Yelp, Eventbrite — The art and science of management
- José Benitez Cong, Head of Talent, Humane, former Nest, Apple — Redefinition of talent
- Emily Mikailli, Head of HR, Signifyd — Helping managers get the most out of their teams
- Cassie Roblin, VP of People, Symbio Robotics — How to land the best candidates
Speakers and Workshops:
- Amy Vernetti, Founder, REPRESENTED.US, former Recruiting Director, Google — Equality is the ultimate moonshot
- Michelle Banik, Corporate Director, Empire Company Ltd, former Head of HR, OMERS — DE&I: Key drivers of your talent strategy
- Lise Edwards, Sr. Director DE&I Western Digital, Former Director DE&I, Salesforce — DE&I: Talent life cycle
- Deena Shair, Partner, Lux Capital — Fundraising challenges for female founders
Whether its hardware or software, your products are the lifeblood of your company. Learn the critical skills needed to scale your product development, design and teams, and to pivot fast.
Speakers and Workshops:
- Dave Weiss, Founder and CTO, Hatch — Planning for great product development
- Kim Kaplan, CEO, Snack, former VP Product, Plenty of Fish — Product prioritization and focus
- Marin Licina, Design Partner, Gradient Ventures — Using design to create great products
- Sachin Rekhi, Founder, Notejoy, former Head of Product, LinkedIn — Product feedback rivers for growth
- George Psiharis, COO, AlayaCare, former COO, Clio — Connecting product roadmaps to OKRs
Learn the best practices for scaling your sales and marketing functions as you attract and sell to an growing, and changing, customer base.
Speakers and Workshops:
- April Dunford, Author, Founder, Ambient Strategy; former COO, Tulip Retail — Positioning for growth
- Michael Litt, CEO, Vidyard — Future of prospecting
- Jackie Poriadjian-Asch, CBO, Sweaty Betty, former CMO, ecobee, Canada Goose — Marketing for fast growing scaleups
- Eli Schwartz, Author, former Head of SEO, SurveyMonkey — Global marketing and growth SEO
- Mark Bergen, VP Revenue, Shopify — Navigating large growth sales organizations
From funding to financing, and everything in between, knowing how to manage your company’s finances while scaling is key to realizing your growth potential.
Speakers and Workshops:
- Tom Loverro, General Partner, IVP — Funding unicorns
- Ann Crady Weiss, Partner, True Ventures — Raising money from Silicon Valley
- Andrew Flett, General Partner, Mobility Impact Partners — Growth and valuation
- Damien Steel, Global Managing Partner, OMERS Ventures — Tips for raising venture capital
Personalized Mentorship
ScaleUp companies work with the Lazaridis Expert Network in focused, interactive workshops and are personally connected with lead mentors and subject matter experts who help address each company’s specific challenges and opportunities in one-on-one mentoring throughout the yearlong program.
No Cost for Participating Companies
The Lazaridis ScaleUp Program is offered at no cost and does not take equity. Companies are responsible for getting to and from the weekend workshop retreats and their stay — we cover the rest.