In the twelth episode of 'How to Scale', we focus on ‘building a strong collaborative culture'. Host Jens Düing speaks with Frog's in-house psychologist, John Sutherland. 

John is one of Frog’s Operating Partners and is a specialist leadership team development consultant. He works with the companies Frog invests in to assess their senior teams, assist with new key hires and develop team culture.

In our conversation we dive deeper into topics including building team culture and language, the rules of belonging, fostering an environment for robust contention, nurturing, strong collaboration, teamwork, and dealing with difference.

You can find more content from John at https://frogcapital.com/profile/john-sutherland/ as well as many other Scale-Up insights and toolkits from our other Frog operating partners.

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In the 11th episode of How to Scale, host Jens Düing speaks to Adam Hale about the 5 things software companies need to focus on at the same time, to set them on their way to 'Scaling to Market Leadership'.

Adam is the Chair of 3 companies, including Clue Software, one of the companies Frog has invested in. He has had successful careers in executive search and professional services, as well as successfully scaling a business called Fairsail from 13 people and £700k ARR to over 200 people and £12 million ARR before being acquired by Sage Group.

In our conversation we'll cover the 5 areas Adam concentrates on with the businesses he chairs, which are purpose, focus, customer success, innovation and team.

We cover these topics extensively in Frog's library of Scale-Up toolkits, other episodes of the podcasts and many other Scale-Up insights from our Frog operating partners. Go to frogcapital.com/scale-up for more.

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In the tenth episode of How to Scale, host Jens Düing speaks to fellow Senior Partner, Mike Reid about the steps for software companies to follow to increase the chances of 'Being Successfully Acquired'.

Mike founded Frog Capital in 2009 and has been investing in businesses for over 20 years and overseen the sale and acquisition of over 50 companies in that time.

In our conversation we'll cover topics including building value sustainably, shareholder and stakeholder alignment, corporate communications, mastering due diligence, and most importantly of all; planning well in advance.

You can also find Mike's accompanying toolkit, '11 Steps to Being Successfully Acquired' at frogcapital.com/beingacquired as well as many other Scale-Up insights and toolkits from our Frog operating partners.

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