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Scale Your Startup Profitably
Without External Capital

The Scaling Maturity Framework

Stop burning cash on growth that doesn't scale. Transform your startup into a self-financed, profit-driven machine that expands with leverage—not just more people and costs.

Identify bottlenecks before they become crises
Scale sustainably using your own cash flow
Build systems that create leverage, not just growth

Based on 20+ years of experience across 20+ self-financed projects and working on more than 50 projects for multiple companies

Transform Your Scaling Challenges Into Opportunities

Every scaling journey faces challenges. The Scaling Maturity framework helps you turn these into systematic improvements that create sustainable growth.

✓ From Proportional to Leveraged Growth

Transform growth that requires proportional resources into scaling that creates leverage. Build systems where revenue increases faster than costs.

✓ Frameworks Designed for Self-Financed Startups

Use approaches specifically designed for self-financed scaling. No assumptions about external capital—just practical strategies that work with your own cash flow.

✓ Identify Bottlenecks Before They Become Crises

Systematically identify constraints early and redesign structures proactively. Turn potential crises into planned improvements.

✓ Evidence-Driven Scaling Decisions

Replace intuition-based decisions with systematic, evidence-driven approaches. Create stability through structured decision-making.

The Solution: Scaling Maturity

A mechanism-based framework specifically designed for self-financed tech startups. Transform growth-induced pressure into precise structural adaptations that stabilize your system before further expansion.

The Core Sequence

pressure clarity small redesign stability scaling

This operational sequence transforms growth-induced pressure into sustainable scaling through systematic constraint identification and structural redesign.

What You'll Achieve

  • Scale sustainably using your own cash flow
  • Identify bottlenecks before they become crises
  • Build systems that create leverage, not just growth
  • Make evidence-driven scaling decisions
  • Avoid the founder dependency trap
  • Maintain profitability while scaling

What Makes This Different

  • Designed specifically for self-financed startups
  • Based on real-world experience, not VC theory
  • Mechanism-based, not just frameworks
  • Evidence-driven, not intuition-driven
  • Systematic approach to scaling decisions
  • Proven across 20+ projects and 20+ freelancer clients

Products & Services

Everything you need to scale profitably. From foundational knowledge to hands-on implementation.

Based on award-winning research: The groundwork of the Scaling Maturity framework has received the DGOR Research Award 2025 from Munich Business School for exceptional thesis work in operational risk management.

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The Book

Scaling Maturity: Profit-Driven Scale in Tech Startups

The complete guide to scaling self-financed tech startups profitably. Practical frameworks, real-world examples, and actionable insights.

Based on research that received the DGOR Research Award 2025.

You'll Learn:
  • How to distinguish growth from scaling
  • Financial metrics that actually matter
  • How to identify and solve bottlenecks
  • Scaling strategies without VC funding
  • Financial OKRs for self-financed startups
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Online Courses & Workshops

Turn Knowledge Into Skills

Interactive courses and workshops that transform framework knowledge into practical skills through case studies, exercises, and peer learning.

What's Included:
  • Self-paced online course
  • Cohort-based masterclasses
  • Interactive workshops
  • Case study analysis
  • Peer learning community
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Strategic Scaling Advisory

1-on-1 & Team Consulting

Direct application of Scaling Maturity to your company's unique constraints, bottlenecks, and growth opportunities.

Services Include:
  • Scaling readiness assessment
  • Bottleneck diagnosis & redesign
  • Team alignment workshops
  • Financial OKR implementation
  • Monthly advisory retainers

🎯 Complete Scaling Solution

Get everything: Book + Course + Consulting + Software Platform. The complete Scaling Maturity ecosystem for your startup.

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DGOR Research Award 2025 Winner

This framework is based on award-winning research recognized by Munich Business School and the German Society for Operational Risk Management (DGOR).

Built on Real Experience

Andrej Albrecht, MSc, MBA

Founder & Creator of Scaling Maturity

With 20+ years of experience across 20+ projects and 20+ freelancer clients (and their clients' clients), Andrej has seen what works and what doesn't when scaling without external capital.

The Scaling Maturity framework is based on systematic observation, real-world application, and academic research from his MBA thesis at Munich Business School.

Academic Foundation:

MBA Thesis: "Qualitative Research on Financial OKRs and Their Role in Self-Financed Scaling of Tech-Startups"

Munich Business School, 2025

🏆 DGOR Research Award 2025:

Winner of the DGOR Research Award for exceptional thesis work in operational risk management, awarded by Munich Business School in collaboration with the German Society for Operational Risk Management (DGOR).

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Scientific Paper:

The Theory of Scaling Maturity: A Framework for Profit-Driven Growth in Self-Financed Tech Startups

In preparation for publication

ORCID | SSRN | Academia

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