Keynotes · Workshops · Facilitation
Erik Larson · Speaker
It’s easy to scale chaos. The hard part is building something worth scaling.
Most “scale your business” advice skips the part that actually matters: you can’t scale what isn’t proven and repeatable yet. I bring a ladder that starts at Idea and climbs Prove, Repeat, Scale, and Sustain, built from nearly a decade of assessing scalability for private equity investors across 250+ deals, and adapted for operators, technology teams, and speakers alike.
Audiences leave with more than a framework. They leave with a mirror: a short, honest self-assessment they can run against their own business, team, or practice, and a clear next move instead of a stack of slides.
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What Erik speaks on
Scalable Systems Signature
Why scaling chaos is the default, and how to build what’s worth scaling. Every room gets the free Scale What? diagnostic and the investor’s first question: will it scale?
AI in the Real World
Automate the complicated; stay human on the complex. Lessons from a business run on AI agents: where AI earns its place, and where judgment leads.
Innovation & Iteration
Turn your unique genius into repeatable, ownable IP, and measure it before you scale it.
When the CTO Leaves
What a company needs from its next tech leader, and why an interim CTO plans the exit on day one. From The Exit Clause.
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Keynotes, workshops, and facilitation, in person or virtual. Use the contact form, pick Speaker as the hat, and include the event, the dates, and the room. I respond to every inquiry personally.