Scaling operations & company culture — Matt Edmundson // Aurion Digital

CEO of Aurion Digital, Matt Edmundson, wraps up conversations about the different ways we think about marketing. Business growth is positive and indicates you’re doing the right thing. However, scaling brings with it complications. How do you maintain your values while expanding? Today, Matt provides a roadmap for scaling both your business and company culture.
About the speaker

Matt Edmundson

Aurion Digital

 - Aurion Digital

Matt is the CEO of Aurion Digital

Show Notes

  • 02:52
    Scaling operations while maintaining company values
    It is important to keep company values at the forefront of your mind so that you dont deviate from them.
  • 06:34
    Morality and scaling operations
    When expanding into different markets, your marketing messages should not morally conflict with one another.
  • 10:17
    What to think about during brand evolution
    When scaling operations, consideration must be given to members within the organization and current customers to maintain brand culture.
  • 13:05
    Impact of scaling on your business and target market
    What is acceptable in one market may be frowned upon in the next. Instead of completely changing for each market, determine where your values and the markets intersect.

Quotes

  • “So I think for me, as we grew and as our brands grew, the thing that I wanted to make sure of was that we understood our core values and we didn't deviate from them.”-Matt Edmundson, CEO, Aurion Digital

  • "One of the biggest problems with scale is often it stretches your company culture." -Benjamin Shapiro, host, MarTech podcast

  • "The beauty industry is a huge billion dollar industry; colossal amounts of money. And the margins are insanely high. So you can see why people want to expand in that, but it became quite saturated." -Matt Edmundson, CEO, Aurion Digital

  • "I have an issue with Unilever doing 2 very different messages. Not because of an issue going to different segments. But the values behind the marketing messages are opposite to each other." -Matt Edmundson, CEO, Aurion Digital

  • "If you are running your business right, your business should stick to the values which you hold dear. As soon as you feel yourself deviating from them, it becomes a soul-searching moment" -Matt Edmundson, CEO, Aurion Digital

About the speaker

Matt Edmundson

Aurion Digital

 - Aurion Digital

Matt is the CEO of Aurion Digital

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