What a Unicorn Knows: How Leading Entrepreneurs Use Lean Principles to Drive Sustainable Growth

By: Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez

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Synopsis: What a Unicorn Knows is your company&’s best guide to becoming a well-oiled, high-velocity machine for growth on its way to billion-dollar valuation.Why do some young companies become unicorns, while others don&’t? What a Unicorn Knows is a playbook that offers a field-tested approach to delivering superior customer value and reaching unicorn status by removing the potential inhibitors to organizational scale and speed. Drawing on a mastery of lean-based methods for achieving maximum effect with minimum means, private equity operators Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez provide readers with a powerful framework of universally applicable principles that enable any company to effectively accelerate its ability to scale and grow.Called The Unicorn Model™ and built on five foundational principles, the authors deliver a compelling narrative of stories and experiences in an easy-to-remember mnemonic:Strategic speedConstant experimentationAccelerated valueLean processEsprit de corpsDrawn from the authors&’ successful track record with a wide variety of unicorn-level companies, What a Unicorn Knows offers a necessary guide for rapid but lasting growth. As more companies than ever vie for unicorn status, your competitive edge will depend on learning from the best.