About Us

About Us

With complementary research interests in entrepreneurial venture growth and global scaling of entrepreneurial businesses, Prof. Jonathan Levie and Prof. Esther Tippmann recognised an opportunity to create a Centre for Entrepreneurial Growth & Scaling (CEGS). Established in 2020, CEGS became one of the first university-based centres specifically focused on scaling in Europe. Its set-up was supported by seed-funding from University of Galway’s Strategic Fund, the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, and the Western Development Commission.

The Centre is now recognised nationally and internationally as centre of excellence for organizational scaling research and outreach. As a founding member of the European Scale-up Institute (ESI), CEGS joins seven leading European business schools in creating a platform to accelerate impactful research and outreach that addresses the scale-up gap in Europe and enables scaling success of organizations.

Our Vision

Our vision for CEGS is to remain a leading European centre of research and outreach for entrepreneurial growth and scaling, with a critical mass of researchers focused on the management of business scaling, working with global partners who are leading academic and practitioner-led centres of excellence in business scaling.

Our Mission

The mission of CEGS is to enable scaling success.

What We Offer

Combining the insights gained from our research and outreach in scaling, we empower founders and business leaders with the latest tools, entrepreneurial competencies and best practices in scaling. This enables them to scale their innovative business models, and transition quickly and effectively towards a global business. We offer structured facilitation of peer learning via group masterclasses and customised programmes specific to your business and industry needs to enable your scaling success.

We will achieve this by leveraging insights provided by research and applied expertise to empower scale-ups to overcome barriers to scaling and become leaders in their industries. We focus on the post start-up entrepreneurial journey of businesses that have achieved product-market fit and are now striving not just to grow, but to scale their organizations. Our focus extends to managing their global scaling, including their rapid internationalization and management of international offices.