Lecturer · Entrepreneurship & Scaling

Nikolai Ladányi

Founder of scale up · Certified trainer of the Gazelles Growth Coaches (EMEA)

„Scaling is not an art, but a craft.“

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Nikolai Ladányi
Profile

Who I am

Nikolai Ladányi is an entrepreneur, coach and founder of scale up. For over a decade he has helped founders and leadership teams to scale their companies beyond the critical growth threshold – systematically, with focus and independent of the founder. His guiding principle: scaling is not an art, but a craft.

With the scale up Framework he works on four levers – People, Strategy, Execution and Cash. As an officially certified trainer of the Gazelles Growth Coaches for EMEA and a member of the Scaling Up Coaches Advisory Board, he shapes the European coaching community. He is co-author of the German edition of „Scaling Up“ (Verne Harnish) as well as of „Hyper-Org for Hyper-Growth“ – both also on our shelf What We Read. At the School he brings scaling and entrepreneurship to the field, with a growing focus on personal development (IFS, Inner Development Goals).

Focus areas

What I stand for

Scaling & Growth (scale up) People · Strategy · Execution · Cash Corporate strategy High-performance teams Growth financing & Cash Personal development (IFS · IDG)
Career

Milestones

Since 2025

Lecturer · Entrepreneurship field

Steinbeis School of Future Tech & Digital Innovation

Brings the scale up Framework and over 20 years of scaling practice into the classroom.

Since 2015

Founder & CEO

scale up · Munich

Scaling coaching for founders and management teams based on the scale up Operating System (People, Strategy, Execution, Cash).

Since 2022

Advisory Board (Europe)

Scaling Up Coaches

Represents Europe on the Scaling Up Coaches Advisory Board and looks after the European coaching communities.

Since 2016

Certified trainer (EMEA)

Gazelles Growth Coaches

Official certified trainer of the Growth Coaches for the EMEA region.

2011–2018

Founder & CEO

PadCloud

Technology for centrally controlled, decentralised mobile reach – Telekom Innovation Award 2012.

2009–2015

Founder & CEO

Integral Partners

Growth coaching and organisational development; Certified Gazelles Partner Germany.

2003–2008

Partner

Causult Unternehmensberatung

Strategy, turnaround and change management.

Books

Co-author

„Scaling Up“ (German edition) · „Hyper-Org for Hyper-Growth“

Member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO).

Education

Economics

Université de Fribourg (lic. rer. pol.) · cand. Dr.

Certifications including IDG Ambassador, NLP, Systemic Consulting.

Contact

Let's talk.

About the School, in-house programmes or a partnership.

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