Maturity exercises

Background

• Privately owned company with 10+ years of moderate growth
• Technology-heavy organization with limited commercial skills
• Suddenly significant market growth nationally and internationally
• New external CEO

Purpose

• Mature the company from start-up to scale-up
• Develop and execute a growth plan in both Denmark and internationally
• Ensure profitable growth and future exit value

Solutions

• Facilitation of SME maturity process
• Maturity index via ISO based online SME Maturity tool developed by IDDAS (International Due Diligence Association)
• Strategy process
• Organizational development with focus on commercially driven product road map and customer support
• Organizational team building
• Follow-up maturity score after 12 months

Results

• Maturity index on average IDDAS benchmark
• Board-approved growth strategy
• Concrete and resource-secured action plan to improve the ability to implement growth plans as quickly as possible

  After 12 months:

• New Leadership Team and significant growth in number of employees
• Massive maturity boost within the commercial area
• Significant revenue and profitability growth

Background

• Partner-led IT SaaS company, which over 20 years has not yet exploited its full potential
• Desire to create significant growth over a 3–5-year period prior to a possible exit

Purpose

• Create a realistic and joint picture in the partner group as a basis for decisions about the company's future opportunities
• Secure the basic prerequisites to be able to execute an ambitious growth strategy

Solutions

• Facilitation of the IDDAS maturity process
• Maturity index via IDDAS' ISO-based online maturity tool
• Partner group workshopdiscussion of maturity scores
• Prioritization of the most important measures to raise the level of maturity in relation to value creation vs. complexity respectively urgency and importance
• Internal communication of the upcoming maturity journey

Results

• A valuable eye-opener, where the IDDAS tool has contributed to the partner-management's common picture of the company's current level of maturity
• Agreement on the necessary prioritization of the most value-creating improvement efforts
• Concrete and resource-secured action plan to improve the ability to implement the growth plans for the coming years
• Launch of the maturity journey among all employees
• Successful exit after 24 months

Background

• Owner-managed 2nd generation B2B production company
• No option for 3rd family generation

Purpose

• Understand with timely care how and when the business should mature to maximize long-term exit value
• Description of possible exit scenarios and prioritization of maturity projects in relation to a very successful and busy everyday life

Solutions

• Facilitation of the IDDAS maturity process
• Maturity index via IDDAS' ISO-based online maturity tool
• Board workshop with discussion of maturity scores
• Prioritizing the most important measures to raise the level of maturity in relation to value creation vs. complexity respectively urgency and importance

Results

• A shared picture of maturity which optimized the board's opportunity to support the owner-manager's considerations on a long-term generational change
• Agreement on the necessary prioritization of the most value-creating improvement efforts
• Basis for the preparation of concrete and resource-secured maturity efforts to make the company more valuable in the short and long term of exit