{"podcast":{"title":"ScaleX™ Insider Podcast","slug":"scalex-insider-podcast-5948037","podcast_index_feed_id":5948037,"rss_url":"https://scalexinsiderpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://simplescaling.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/9/0/1/e901047d1ad6d32316c3140a3186d450/1346_Brendan_McGurgan_Podcast_Cover_V1_0_1400px.jpg","author":"Brendan McGurgan","episode_count":337,"summary":"My name is Brendan McGurgan and I am immersed in the world of scaleup businesses. In 2020, myself and business partner Claire Colvin co-founded Simple Scaling with the sole purpose of inspiring and enabling millions of ambitious leaders to scale with purpose. Over the past two years we have researched and examined our success and the success of those who have 'been there and done it' to create the 10 Principles of Scaling which is enshrined in our ScaleX™ Framework. As an extension of this we have created the ScaleX™ Insider Podcast. Every week I will be having fascinating conversations with authors, change makers and business leaders on one or more of the ScaleX™ Principles to support you on your journey to success. I believe passionately in business scaleup and most importantly the wellbeing of you - the aspirational scaleup leader. New episodes on Wednesdays. Listen anywhere you get your podcasts, and please rate, review and share the podcast if you enjoy it. For more information go to: www.simplescaling.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:18:05.228501+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scalex-insider-podcast-5948037"},"episode":{"title":"Scaling SMEs: How to Build an Exponential Growth Business with Salim Ismail","slug":"scaling-smes-how-to-build-an-exponential-growth-business-with-salim-ismail","published_at":"2026-06-10T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scalex-insider-podcast-5948037/scaling-smes-how-to-build-an-exponential-growth-business-with-salim-ismail","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scalex-insider-podcast-5948037","url":"https://simplescaling.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/scalexinsiderpodcast/SXP2006-salim-ismail.mp3?dest-id=2822267","summary":"Exponential Organisations are reshaping how modern businesses scale, grow and compete, and SME leaders who understand these principles are gaining a serious advantage. In this episode of ScaleX Insider, Brendan McGurgan is joined by Salim Ismail — best-selling author of Exponential Organisations, serial entrepreneur, and former Google-acquired founder, to break down what it really takes to scale a business in today's fast-changing world. Salim has built and sold multiple disruptive digital companies, led Yahoo's internal innovation incubator Brickhouse, and now advises some of the world's most ambitious founders and organisations. He has delivered over 150 talks a year globally and is recognised as one of the leading thinkers on exponential growth, innovation and organisational design. Together, they explore how SME leaders can build businesses that scale faster without needing enterprise-level resources. The conversation focuses on practical strategies for SME growth, leadership, innovation and building organisations that can adapt and scale in a volatile market. You'll discover: • Why Exponential Organisations outperform traditional business models • How SME leaders can define and use a Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP) • The SCALE IDEAS framework and how to apply it in a small business • Why community is a powerful growth engine for SMEs • How to scale a business without increasing complexity • Why experimentation is essential for modern business growth • How AI is reshaping SMEs and organisational design • Why small teams often outperform large organisations • What separates high-growth businesses from stagnant ones • The mindset shifts required to scale successfully Salim also shares insights from building companies acquired by Google, working with global innov…","meta_description":"Exponential Organisations are reshaping how modern businesses scale, grow and compete, and SME leaders who understand these principles are gaining a serio…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3314,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scalex-insider-podcast-5948037/episodes/scaling-smes-how-to-build-an-exponential-growth-business-with-salim-ismail/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scalex-insider-podcast-5948037/scaling-smes-how-to-build-an-exponential-growth-business-with-salim-ismail.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}