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# Scaling Up

What happens when a small business grows; making more products, hiring people, reaching more customers; the challenges and opportunities of scaling

Subject: Life Skills · Area: Entrepreneurship · Ages 9 to 11
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/scaling-up-mt_7SsduPB2tP

## Ready when they can

- Describe what 'scaling up' means for a business
- Identify at least two challenges of growing a business (need more money, more people, more materials)
- Explain how a lemonade stand could grow into a bigger business step by step

## Lesson: Scaling Up

Scaling up means growing a business bigger. A business scales up when it makes more products, hires more people, or reaches more customers than before. It usually happens after a small business starts doing well and needs to keep up.

**Example.** A lemonade stand can scale up step by step. Step 1: Maria sells lemonade alone at one small table. Step 2: So many people want lemonade that she cannot keep up, so she asks a friend to help. Step 3: They buy lemons in bigger batches from a big supplier, which costs more money at first but saves money per cup. Step 4: They open a second stand across the park to reach even more customers.

*(drawing: In week 1, Maria's stand sold 10 cups. By week 4, after scaling up, it sold 50 cups.)*

**Tip.** Growing bigger costs money before it earns money. A business needs cash for more supplies and more helpers, even before the extra customers show up.

**Tip.** Money is not the only challenge. A bigger business also needs more people to do the work and more materials to make enough products. The reward is reaching far more customers than before.

**Recap.** Scaling up means growing a business bigger, which takes more money, more people, and more materials, but lets it reach many more customers.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Costs & Revenue](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/costs-and-revenue-mt_9gpUHWVKMR)
- [Teamwork in Business](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/teamwork-in-business-mt_pOstrrS763)
- [Financial Planning](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/financial-planning-mt_r1hw-KenpK)

## Opens up

- [Unit Economics: Does Each Sale Make Money?](https://lightmysky.com/learn/life-skills/unit-economics-does-each-sale-make-money-mt_NUoV6LB-o4)