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Lucas and Luna anchor themselves on a mezzanine balcony, surveying a floor of empty desks below, as they dissect the exact financial and operational thresholds that separate a small business from a mid-market contender. Each episode isolates a single case—a specialty manufacturer in Ohio, a regional dental chain, a software consultancy in Austin—and walks through the specific revenue inflection points, debt structures, and hiring sequences that mark the transition. Lucas, a journalist who has covered private-company growth for a decade, presses on the numbers: at what EBITDA multiple does a bank change its lending criteria? How does a payroll of 40 versus 150 alter your tax liability? Luna, with a background in operations, tests those numbers against real friction—the founder who lost control of culture after a Series A, the CFO who swapped QuickBooks for NetSuite too late. They never promise a formula; they examine why some companies stall at $10 million and others blow through $50 million. The listener is someone running a 30- to 200-person firm, or an investor evaluating that space, who is tired of 'growth hacking' and wants the actual ledgers. Can you scale without diluting the decision-making that got you here?
Unknown Host hosts Scaling Up with Fexingo: How Small Businesses Become Mid-Market Companies, a general show with 6 episodes published.
In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack how a small self-storage company called FortLock Storage used hyper-local data—like neighborhood moving trends, Google Maps click-through rates, and even school district boundary ch
Episode 33 of Scaling Up with Fexingo tells the story of VeloMobility, a small mobility scooter company that grew from 2 employees to $110 million in revenue across 80 locations in just 7 years. Founders Marta and Diego
In episode 32 of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how the Toronto Tool Library grew from a single closet of borrowed tools into a 50-location network across Canada and the U.S. They break down the membersh
This episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo tells the story of Blue Haven Pools, a residential pool service company that grew from a single van to 50 trucks across three states in just seven years — without ever owning a war
In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine a home services company in the Midwest that grew from 12 to 500 employees with no CEO at the helm for the first eight years. Instead, the founders used a self-managing team structu
Lucas and Luna break down how a single-location window cleaning company in Portland grew to 10 million in annual revenue without spending a dime on advertising. They explore founder Dwayne Miller's counterintuitive strat
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a regional specialty coffee chain, Blue Bottle offshoot 'Brewbird,' scaled from 15 to 30 stores in three years without venture capital. They break down the three specific opera
Lucas and Luna break down how a single-truck mobile car detailing operation in Phoenix grew to a 50-vehicle fleet across three states without ever owning a physical location. They walk through the founder's key decision:
Lucas and Luna unpack the story of a small RV rental company that grew from a single used camper van to a fleet of 500 vehicles across 12 states without taking a single dollar of venture capital. They break down the unco
Episode 25 of Scaling Up with Fexingo looks at a rare retail success story: Parnassus Books, an independent bookstore chain that grew from a single Nashville shop to 50 locations across the Southeast without ever selling
Lucas and Luna unpack the counterintuitive growth story of GreenScape Partners, a midwest landscaping company that hit $10 million in revenue without using a CRM or any formal sales software. They explore founder Maria V
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the unusual growth story of College Hunks Hauling Junk, a junk removal and moving company that scaled to over 150 locations and 50 million in revenue without owning a single truck
This episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo unpacks the growth playbook of a commercial cleaning company that grew from a single office-cleaning contract to 500 employees across three states — without ever taking venture cap
Lucas and Luna break down the unlikely rise of a regional food truck operator that scaled from a single cart to 150 vehicles across four states — without outside capital, without a marketing budget, and without any resta
Lucas and Luna break down how a single bike repair shop in Portland grew to 30 locations across the Pacific Northwest without a dime of venture capital. They examine the founder's counterintuitive strategy: opening new s
Episode 19 of Scaling Up with Fexingo explores how a single auto repair shop in Portland grew to 50 locations across five states without employing a single ASE-certified mechanic. Lucas and Luna break down the counterint
Episode 18 of Scaling Up with Fexingo tells the story of Great Lakes Brewing Company, a Cleveland-based craft brewery that grew from a single brewpub in 1988 to distribution in 50 states and Washington D.C. by 2026 — all
In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down how a family-owned pet supply retailer in the Pacific Northwest grew from a single storefront to 40 locations without taking a dime of venture capital. They examine founder Madd
In this episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna break down how a regional car wash chain scaled from 3 to 50 locations in six years by betting on a monthly subscription model. They walk through the unit econom
Episode 15 of Scaling Up with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna explore a surprising case: a regional grocery chain with 14 stores that faced down Instacart, DoorDash, and Amazon Fresh by building its own internal chatbot system.
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