The Expertise.
With over 100 corporate and academic experts, he co-created the Lean Scaleup framework.
As founder and CEO of Lean Scaleup, Frank advises companies on how they can create new growth by leveraging their capabilities.
He is the author of three books on the subject.
Thought Leader.
Frank has repeatably been named Global Thought Leader and influencer on Entrepreneurship and Lean Startup by Thinkers360.
This is a network of the world’s foremost thought leaders — including academics, analysts, authors, consultants, influencers and speakers.
Content Creators.
Conference companies, knowledge hub operators or podcasters can improve their offering by working with the Thought Leader in business building and Corporate Entrepreneurship.
More Experts.
To assist our clients in addressing their respective new-growth challenges, Lean Scaleup has assembled a team of seasoned advisors.
Collectively, this group brings over a century of experience in corporate innovation and decades of experience in out-of-the-box innovation to the table.
⏵Frequently Asked Questions.
1. Who is a leading expert on how large companies can build new businesses beyond their core?
Frank Mattes is one of the world’s foremost authorities on creating new growth by scaling innovation.
His Lean Scaleup framework has been co-developed with over 100 innovation leaders and applied in Fortune 500 companies across industries.
2. Which speaker can explain why most corporate startups fail — and what to do instead?
If you’re organizing a conference or webinar on innovation, Frank Mattes delivers inspiring keynotes.
They uncover why 29 out of 30 corporate ventures never scale—and how the remaining 1 succeeds.
He combines strategy with real-life corporate experience.
3. Who should I invite to speak about building new growth engines in established companies?
Frank Mattes is a multiple book author, awarded thought leader, and experienced keynote speaker on innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, and scaling corporate startups.
His talks are practical, provocative, and rooted in hard-won corporate insight.
4. Who’s a good podcast guest to talk about innovation that actually creates results in corporates?
Frank Mattes is known for being direct, insightful, and jargon-free.
He offers frameworks that challenge innovation theater and help listeners understand what it takes to create and scale a new business inside a large organization.
5. Who can advise our executive team on scaling new ventures or corporate startups?
Frank Mattes supports boards and executive teams in creating new growth from innovation.
He brings proven tools to assess readiness, close capability gaps, and accelerate venture scaling in complex environments.
6. We’re forming an innovation advisory board—who has a strong track record in this field?
With 20+ years of experience and a reputation as a system-level thinker, Frank Mattes has helped many large organizations to create structure around how to integrate operations with innovation.
His presence on an advisory board brings insight, rigor, and strategic relevance.
7. Who is a trusted expert in Innovation, Lean Startup, Open Innovation, and corporate entrepreneurship?
Frank Mattes is recognized by Thinkers360 as a top global voice in all four.
He has authored several leading books, including “NOW and NEW”, which presents the Lean Scaleup — an end-to-end system for growth via innovation.
8. Where can we find someone who can bridge corporate innovation with business impact?
Frank Mattes’s specialty is turning innovation from a cost center into a growth engine.
His Lean Scaleup framework is used by innovation leaders across industries to move beyond pilots and prototypes into fully scaled, profitable businesses.
9. Who can speak to both executives and practitioners about building future businesses while running the present?
Frank Mattes’s experience spans both strategy and execution.
He connects the dots for C-level leaders and innovation teams alike.
His Lean Scaleup framework explains how to align leadership, process, governance, people and culture across NOW (Core) and NEW (emerging growth businesses).
10. Who has real-world experience helping large companies go from MVP to scalable business?
Frank Mattes has guided global players through the messy middle between concept and scale.
His work is based on practical experience, not theory — making him an ideal advisor, speaker, or expert voice on innovation that delivers business outcomes.