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The Acorn Method

The Acorn Method

by Henrik Werdelin

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About This Book

If you’re responsible for the growth of your organization—as a founder, C-suite executive, or a change agent—you know the landscape is changing. Mature companies invest 10x more than VCs but are growing slower than before. To create real, lasting growth, you’ll need a new mindset, one that borrows from not just the startup world, but also the natural world. Similar to how oak trees regenerate by dropping acorns that become new trees, you need to grow new lines of business within your existing organization. You need to learn how to build a forest—not just a bigger tree. Henrik Werdelin specializes in applying lessons from startups to existing businesses to get them growing again. In The Acorn Method, he shows you how to create, implement, govern, and scale new business within your organization. You’ll get the step-by-step process, the philosophy behind it, as well as case studies of businesses that have grown using this method. By learning how to create “acorns” in your business, you’ll create longevity and ensure that other trees don’t grow quicker and steal your sunlight.

Business Leadership Business Management
Henrik Werdelin

Henrik Werdelin

Henrik Werdelin is the co-founder of BARK, the maker of BarkBox and one of America's fastest growing pet brands, and a founding partner of Prehype, an international venture studio that helps entrepreneurs and companies build new businesses. His methods for launching new ventures inside existing organizations are taught at Stanford and other leading universities and have been featured in Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg, and Fast Company. He is the author of The Acorn Method.

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