Innovaud – Leading to Scale-Up
30.09.2026
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Designed for Swiss entrepreneurs leading growing startups, this 6th edition supports founders as they navigate the key challenges of scaling. The programme combines IMD’s world-class executive education with the real-life experience of successful scale-up CEOs. A practical, peer-driven journey to help entrepreneurs scale themselves, their teams and their companies.
Join an IMD world-class executive education in Lausanne
- Learn directly from IMD professors and serial entrepreneurs
- Build a powerful peer network of scale-up founders
- Gain practical tools and strategies to drive growth
- Take part in Lausanne’s rise as Europe’s #5 European Density Leader
- Exclusive access to a network of similar stage entrepreneurs
This programme is for founders and CEOs of fast-growing tech startups who:
- Are scaling nationally or internationally
- Have at least 8 Full Time Employees
- Have raised at least their Seed funding (Minimum CHF 1M raised) and are around their series A – we can make a few exceptions for bootstrapped companies who have the potential to scale
How it works
- Next session runs from January to June 2027
- Application deadline 30 September 2026
- Limited to 20 participants
- Programme fee: 9’900CHF. Possibility to apply for a scholarship of 50% of the cost for Vaud based companies.