The reality of stagnation.
Only 1 in 100 innovative companies makes the leap to scale-up.
EUROPEAN TECH COMPANIES
Successfully launched.
Then stalled.
Most management teams of European innovation companies encounter a seemingly insurmountable hurdle in their development: For some, revenue stagnates at a certain level, others fail to secure more orders despite outstanding technology, while still others lose track of things as their team grows or fail to raise the necessary capital for investment.
The reasons for hitting the growth barrier are individual, but one thing is always clear: People feel held back. Things can't continue as they have been, and "more of the same" isn't enough to take the company to the next level.
FOUNDER
Many decisions end up with me as the founder. Sometimes I feel like things would get out of hand without me...
EXECUTIVE
I'm so deeply involved in day-to-day operations that I don't have any time to think strategically or plan future business.
ADVISOR
We have many good ideas and pursue many opportunities. Sometimes, however, I wonder if we're spreading ourselves too thin.
EXECUTIVE
Our team is growing, and that makes everything more complicated. I'm constantly in meetings and only deal with coordination and reports.
EXECUTIVE
We have developed a very powerful technology that delights customers. But we are finding it difficult to win new orders in a predictable way.
EXECUTIVE
We constantly adapt our product to the needs of individual customers. It's slowly becoming difficult to satisfy everyone.
Individual analysis in
6 growth areas
TRANSFORMATION
Ready for the next step?
Scaling doesn't begin with more capital, but with the ability to change.
A company can have a vision, a functioning market, strong technology and ambitious growth targets and still not be structurally ready for the next scale. Sometimes this only becomes apparent after investments have already been made and the expected development fails to materialize.
Take an outside perspective and find out where your company stands and what's holding you back. The Scale Readiness Score shows you which growth areas of your company need attention and where change offers the greatest leverage.
The company and network
behind the FastForward program
1990
FOUNDATION
Founded as an online agency, Adventures shifted its focus to innovation consulting in 2010. The FFWD scale-up program was launched in 2025.
150+
PARTNER
Adventures is supported by industry and technology experts, researchers, analysts, creatives, and developers. A select group of investors is available to FFWD companies seeking to finance their next stage of growth.
HAM
HEAD OFFICE
European projects are managed from Hamburg. Adventures' interim managers and partners work entirely remotely or directly at the headquarters and in the clients' offices.
100+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
The core team consists of individuals who are entrepreneurs themselves and have extensive, combined experience in strategy development and operational management for scale-ups.