
Accelerate Your Business Growth
Small and medium-sized enterprises are facing significant barriers to maintaining a strong growth trajectory.
Only 0.1% of small firms become mid-sized and only 2% of mid-sized firms become large. It’s not a matter of ability, it’s a matter of motivation, which comes with having access to the right resources at the right time.
Don’t let your business fall short of its high-growth potential!

Accelerate Your Business Growth
Small and medium-sized enterprises are facing significant barriers to maintaining a strong growth trajectory.
Only 0.1% of small firms become mid-sized and only 2% of mid-sized firms become large. It’s not a matter of ability, it’s a matter of motivation, which comes with having access to the right resources at the right time.
Don’t let your business fall short of its high-growth potential!

Accelerate Your Business Growth
Small and medium-sized enterprises are facing significant barriers to maintaining a strong growth trajectory.
Only 0.1% of small firms become mid-sized and only 2% of mid-sized firms become large. It’s not a matter of ability, it’s a matter of motivation, which comes with having access to the right resources at the right time.
Don’t let your business fall short of its high-growth potential!
The Vision:
Scale-Up Institute Toronto
Scale-Up Institute Toronto
Building on the findings of the Defying Gravity expert report, the World Trade Centre Toronto is launching the Scale-Up Institute Toronto to provide a series of curated program offerings to help high-growth firms overcome barriers to continued growth and elevate their growth trajectories.
Scale-Up Institute Toronto Programs
Growth Development
Program
The flagship program of the Institute, GDP is a hands-on, curated and highly practical workshop course to help high-growth firms and other high-potential companies overcome barriers to continued growth.
Online
Course
An online primer for GDP, providing a broad overview of growth-related topics and helping companies get a sense of their needs in the space.
Workshops
Additional curated sessions in partnership with key ecosystem players, offering a deeper dive into key scale-up topics of particular interest to high-growth firms.
Events & Peer-to-Peer
Networking
An opportunity for engagement, discussion and discovery, keeping GDP graduates connected with fellow leaders in the professional community and beyond.
Advocacy &
Ecosystem Support
As a catalyst for the business community we will conduct research, commission white papers, and work directly with government leaders to make the Toronto Region as growth-friendly as possible.
Scale-Up Institute Toronto Difference
