Person holding a tablet displaying the book cover of 'Now and New' by Frank Mattes, focused on scaling innovation and generating new growth.

The Book.

Create new growth from out-of-the-box innovation.
Gain actionable insights from many case studies.
Learn from Best Practices, avoid common pitfalls.
Pinpoint critical areas for improvement.

The World Economic Forum states that eight out of ten companies rank growth outside their existing business as a top-five priority. Yet, 29 out of 30 attempts to create a new $50 million business fail.

“NOW AND NEW” presents a solution. Companies must build a bridge connecting current operations with future opportunities and master four learnable skills. Developed with insights from over 100 corporate practitioners and academic experts, the Lean Scaleup has been validated through many real-life projects, proving its effectiveness.

It is the first book to show how to systematically win NOW while creating NEW through an end-to-end framework. It is an actionable guide filled with case studies, checklists, and practical advice.

Whether you are an executive, a senior manager, a leader of a corporate startup or scaleup, or the head of a business incubator or accelerator, this book provides invaluable insights to drive new growth. Board members concerned with future-proofing their companies will also find this resource indispensable.

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Expert opinions.

The reason why companies struggle in game-changing innovations isn’t a lack of good ideas. It is failure to scale-up effectively. The Lean Scaleup provides a detailed playbook to help executives crack this challenge. If you are looking for practical advice on scaling up from someone who has done it many times, this is the book for you.
Julian Birkinshaw,
London Business School
Professor and Deputy Dean
After meeting Frank and learning about the Lean Scaleup, it became evident that the Lean Startup approach is not sufficient for building new businesses in the corporate context. We transitioned to the Lean Scaleup and have a best-in-class new-business-building approach.
Steve Kopp,
Amadeus Nexwave
Chairman, Executive Incubation Board
Frank Mattes has decades of valuable experience in innovation and business-building. He has distilled the key practices that companies need to embrace into the Lean Scaleup. In this time, with the challenges of disruption, the rapid evolution of business models, and the need to re-define the ways business works, the Lean Scaleup provides a route map. It’s an approach built through practice in the field and results from real work supporting companies facing existential challenges that the market has brought forward.
David Gilmour,
bp Launchpad
Founder
Frank is a great expert in the field of corporate venture building. His experience in scaling is a huge source of practical inspiration. The Lean Scaleup provides a great framework for corporates who are seriously looking to convert innovation investments into business impact.
Daniele Dondi,
ING Neo
Lead CoE Business Design & Ops
Translating ‘viable’ into ‘scalable’ is hard, as systems and cultures clash between the core and the new. Frank Mattes brings his extensive experience in corporate innovation to this pragmatic guide to dramatically increasing return on investment in digital innovation.
Jeroen Tas,
Royal Philips
former Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer
Congratulations to Frank for his invaluable contribution to Corporate Innovation by framing how to scale up and generate new growth within existing companies. It is really worth reading!
Michele Di Martino,
Cementir Holding
Sales, Marketing & Comm. Development Officer

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What's Inside.

The first book on how to systematically create new growth by leveraging corporate capabilities.

Actionable guidance on how to move from insights and ideas to scale.

Inspiration from Best Practices and learnings from common mistakes that accelerate the journey to success.

How to improve your company’s out-of-the-box innovation setup.

01
Problem
Why 85-90% of corporate startups fail after MVP.

NOW and NEW: two incompatible systems under one corporate roof that need to cooperate for succeeding in out-of-the-box innovation and new-business building.
02
Solution
A tested framework that helps to build the “innovation infrastructure beyond the lab.”

The bridge between NOW and NEW that companies must build and the four learnable skills to succeed in out-of-the-box innovation and new-business building.
03
Language
Solving the corporate business-building problem begins with an effective language.

In most companies, daily operations and corporate explorers have their own jargon. This makes it hard for managers to discuss effectively and efficiently. The book provides a language that establishes the one-company mindset.
04
Case Studies
Four in-depth, inspiring case studies.

Countless case study snippets to illustrate the key points.
05
How To...
discover suitable problems, conceptualize and validate a suitable solution in the corporate context.
find out which product to build and build a market-ready product.
arrange a productive collaboration with NOW's assets and capabilities.
scale market footprint and revenues, product and the organization.
upgrade the setup for out-of-the-box innovation and new-business building.

Here Is One of the Case Studies.

Like many companies, Amadeus employed a Lean Startup approach in its business model incubator. As with many other companies, Amadeus discovered that this approach does not produce results in a corporate setting.

The case study demonstrates how the company upgraded to the Lean Scaleup, which produces outcomes that align with the requests of the C-suite.

Furthermore, Amadeus now has the best-in-class to new-business building in the travel and hospitality industry.

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More expert opinions.

The Lean Scaleup provides an excellent framework and is based on the real life learning journey of +20 corporates including Philips. A must-read for corporate entrepreneurs and their leaders!
Carina Snijder,
Royal Philips
VP, Research Program Management and Business Development
The why, what and how of corporate innovation at scale – Frank expertly bridges the chasm with practical examples in business language. Highly recommend.
Jon Rains,
Mott MacDonald Ventures
Director
The Lean Scaleup gives companies a viable and powerful tool to identify, develop and scale breakthrough innovations very successfully and sustainable for the first time. A must-read for all managers from corporate innovation or strategic innovation.
Prof. Dr. Georg Oenbrink,
CREAGO Solutions (formerly Evonik)
CEO
Frank has successfully addressed the Scaling-Up issue in many organizations. I’m excited for his approach to finally be “codified.” I highly recommend Frank and this book every innovation team keen to deliver results.
Hans Balmaekers,
innov8rs
CEO
Frank has masterfully tackled one of the most pressing challenges in the business world today. His ability to distill complex concepts into actionable strategies is unparalleled, making this book a must-read for anyone serious about innovation and growth.
Kerem Kadayifcioglu,
Zaz Ventures
Senior Inovation Consultant
Great framework – thoroughly enjoyed reading and highly recommend.
Shelley Brown,
bp Launchpad and Ventures
Business Advisor to the SVP

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About the Author.

Breaking the ground to solve one of the biggest problems in corporate innovation.

Thought leader in out-of-the-box innovation and corporate business-building space.

Speaker on international conferences.

Member of the Board of scaleups, founder of business-to-business startups.

Frank Mattes
25+

years of experience. Advisor in corporate innovation (up to Fortune 10).

20+

industries, from Aerospace to Financial Services, from Energy to Chemicals, from MedTech to Automotive, from Construction to FMCG, from Plastics to TravelTech.

30+

companies and business schools co-created the Lean Scaleup approach with him.

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More expert opinions.

The Lean Scaleup methodology is based on lessons learnt from real cases and failures. That is why it is so relevant, powerful and ready for use.
Sylvie Dubois-Decool,
Vallourec Group
Innovation Director
Corporates often face challenges in creating successful businesses from breakthrough innovations. The Lean Scaleup offers a practical framework to tackle these challenges. A must-read for corporate innovators and leaders to create new, sustainable value within their organizations.
Nina Teng,
London Business School & University of Oxford
Startup Researcher
Lean Scaleup is a practical how-to guide to make an impact happen. Frank Mattes has combined his extensive corporate innovation experience with the solid groundwork of analyzing leading companies to find the ingredients that make the magic of scalability real. It is THE super relevant challenge in today’s businesses.
Sören Lauinger,
B. Braun Group
VP Cooperations, Innovations & Interfaces

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