Scaling Stories Unfiltered
Scaling Stories Unfiltered
Podcast Description
Scaling Stories Unfiltered, the podcast that gets real about what it takes to scale a business. We’re not here to talk about the unicorns in the headlines or drop names you’ve already heard. Instead, we’re diving deep into the trenches with leaders who’ve been through the scale-up journey to learn from their lived experiences – and avoid their mistakes!
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Content Themes
The podcast covers themes like scaling challenges, hiring practices, venture capital funding, and navigating business growth with specific episodes detailing the realities of raising funds, the differences in hiring for startups versus scale-ups, and strategies for building effective leadership teams. Examples include discussions on avoiding costly mistakes while expanding into new markets.
Scaling Stories Unfiltered, the podcast that gets real about what it takes to scale a business. We’re not here to talk about the unicorns in the headlines or drop names you’ve already heard. Instead, we’re diving deep into the trenches with leaders who’ve been through the scale-up journey to learn from their lived experiences – and avoid their mistakes!
What does it really take to build and scale a tech company?
In this episode of Scaling Stories Unfiltered, Christian Nagele, founder of CentraStage and now Chief Strategy Officer at inforcer, shares the full, unfiltered journey from remortgaging his house and hiring his first team, to acquisition, merger, IPO and beyond.
This one isn’t about overnight success. It’s about building value the long way, through resilience, timing, and learning as you go.
What you'll learn in this episode:
- Why Christian started CentraStage and how they survived the 2008 crash
- The honest realities of fundraising and why they skipped VCs
- How CentraStage was acquired, then scaled globally
- What IPO really looked like and how it felt to no longer be CEO
- The importance of fit when hiring and walking away from the wrong customers
- Why “there’s no perfect path” and why that’s a good thing
From garage startup to a global tech IPO, this is a story of calculated risk, loyal teams, and what happens when you stay in the game long enough to see the long game pay off.
Listen in for a grounded, insightful conversation for founders navigating scale ups.
Who is Christian Nagele?
Christian began his career as a Chartered Accountant at PwC but was drawn to entrepreneurial businesses. He co-founded CentraStage in 2007, a cloud-based endpoint management startup that scaled through the financial crash and was acquired by Autotask in 2014. That business later merged with Datto, which IPO’d in 2020 on the NYSE. After a stint helping grow and sell British tech company 1E, he’s now CSO at Inforcer, helping shape the future of the MSP space.
You'll find Christian here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiannagele/
Contact us: Hello@scalingstoriesunfiltered.com
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