How to Survive in a Scale-Up Business: Master the Human Skills Needed to Thrive in Young, High-Growth Businesses [Hardcover]

Working at a scale-up is exciting, but it can be exhausting. This book is your emotional survival kit to succeeding in a new and unfamiliar environment. a fast-paced and unpredictable environment.

Vidya Murali has been working in the UKs leading tech businesses, including Amazon, and high-growth scale-ups such as Deliveroo. Having grown up in India before moving to the UK in 2006 and completing her MBA at the University of Cambridge, Vidya brings unique perspective as a woman of colour and an introvert navigating high-growth and fast-paced business environments. She experienced significant anxiety in the wake of the pandemic, which prompted her to reflect on what matters most and prioritise her well-being. During this time, she started practising mindfulness meditation and began supporting others through coaching and mentoring.

She now holds a leadership position and supports her colleagues and clients as they navigate the exciting  yet chaotic  environment of fastmoving scale-ups, helping them navigate the challenges and seize opportunities, and thrive.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Why I wrote this book 2. Who this is book for 3. How to read this book Part 2: Scale-ups: Understand the space 4. What scale-ups are 5. Why scale-ups are important 6. Are scale-ups the right place for you? 7. What makes scale-ups particularly challenging to work in Part 3: Learn to navigate scale-ups like a pro 8. How to find and land the right job in the right scale-up 9. What to do in your first 90 days 10. Howls.