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Scaling Up with Fexingo: How Small Businesses Become Mid-Market Companies

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Lucas and Luna anchor themselves on a mezzanine balcony, surveying a floor of empty desks below, as they dissect the exact financial and operational thresholds that separate a small business from a mid-market contender. Each episode isolates a single case—a specialty manufacturer in Ohio, a regional dental chain, a software consultancy in Austin—and walks through the specific revenue inflection points, debt structures, and hiring sequences that mark the transition. Lucas, a journalist who has covered private-company growth for a decade, presses on the numbers: at what EBITDA multiple does a ba...

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How One Pizza Brand Used Franchisee Data to Hit 300 Locations 23.05.2026 8:16

In this episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the story of a regional pizza chain that grew from 12 company-owned stores to 300 franchised locations in less than a decade. The secret wasn't better pizza—it was a proprietary data platform that tracked every franchisee's key metrics in real time, from food cost variance to labor efficiency. The company used this data to identi...

How a Mattress Startup Bootstrapped to 100 Million 23.05.2026 8:02

In this episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine the story of a bootstrapped mattress company that reached $100 million in revenue without taking a dime of venture capital. They break down how the founders used a direct-to-consumer model, obsessive customer feedback loops, and a lean manufacturing approach to outmaneuver well-funded rivals. Lucas explains the specific unit econom...

How One Dentist Grew 27 Locations Without Outside Capital 22.05.2026 10:23

In this episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how a single dental practice in Omaha expanded to 27 locations across the Midwest without taking a dime of venture capital or private equity. We look at the specific operational playbook founder Dr. Maria Vasquez used: centralizing back-office functions, cross-training hygiene staff, and using a 'hub-and-spoke' real estate strategy...

How a B2B SaaS Startup Hit 10 Million ARR Without Sales Reps 22.05.2026 9:49

Lucas and Luna dissect the unusual growth story of a B2B SaaS company that reached $10 million in annual recurring revenue without a single full-time sales representative. They explore the founder's bet on product-led growth, the specific metrics that mattered—like activation rate and viral coefficient—and the moment the company nearly stalled at $2 million ARR before a pricing redesign unlocked t...

How a Window Cleaning Startup Hit 50 Million Revenue 21.05.2026 8:08

Episode 3 of Scaling Up with Fexingo examines the growth trajectory of Fish Window Cleaning, a franchise that went from a single location in 2008 to over 200 units and $50 million in system-wide sales by 2025. Lucas and Luna break down the specific operational choices that allowed a low-margin service business to cross the mid-market threshold: a proprietary scheduling algorithm, a tiered pricing...

How a Frozen Yogurt Chain Scaled to 300 Locations 21.05.2026 6:09

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a single frozen yogurt shop in Los Angeles grew into a 300-location chain without venture capital. They break down the specific operational playbook: the decision to franchise only after proving unit economics across five company-owned stores, the supply chain strategy that locked in yogurt prices during a dairy cost spike, and the real estate model that...

How a Doughnut Chain Became a $500 Million Company 19.05.2026 6:01

In this debut episode of Scaling Up with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna unpack the story of Side Hustle Doughnuts, a single-shop operation in Austin, Texas that grew to 85 locations and a $500 million valuation in just six years. They break down the three specific decisions that pushed the company past the small-business ceiling: how founder Mia Chen used a 'radical simplicity' menu to drive margins, why...