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Book Launch Event: Changing the Math

September 10, 2026

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Event Description
Join us for the launch of Laurits Bach Sørensen's new book, Changing the Math, which tackles the complex challenges of navigating hypergrowth and commercializing transformative technology in industrial scale-ups. The event will feature an insightful presentation by the author on his new frameworks for capital-intensive scaling, followed by a fireside chat with Jes Broeng on the critical need for capital-efficient innovation in Europe. The gathering will conclude with networking, bringing together Denmark’s decision-makers, investors, and industry leaders for high-level discussions on the European tech landscape.

Date & time

Thursday, September 10, 2026, 16:00 to 19:00

Location

DTU Skylab Auditorium (Google Maps)

Fee

Free of Charge

Registration Deadline
August 30

Agenda

16:00 – Welcome

16:15 – Introduction by Jason Li-Ying, Professor and Head of Research at DTU Entrepreneurship

16.30 – The European Competitiveness Challenge by Cornel Ban, GRIP Faculty Alumni & Professor at Copenhagen Business School

16:45 – Presentation by Laurits on why a new end-to-end toolkit for growth scaling is necessary

17:15 – Fireside chat: Jes Broeng (Director of DTU Entrepreneurship) & Laurits Bach Sørensen on the importance of scaling European technology innovation capital-efficiently

17:45 – Networking with snacks and drinks

The evening will gather Denmark's decision-makers, business leaders, investors, and stakeholders for informal discussions on why Europe continues to struggle with commercializing its technologies, even though both capital and innovation are present. Journalists will also be in attendance.

More on the book

The book Changing the Math, written by Laurits Bach Sørensen, is based on more than 30 years of experience with industrial scale-ups. The book presents a series of practical models for creating and navigating hypergrowth in industrial technology companies, and its systematic approach to the commercialization of new technology is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise complex world.
It provides entrepreneurs, investors, and executives with a new toolbox to reduce the risk associated with transformative technology investments and offers methods to manage capital-intensive scaling and complex value chains. Among the book's new concepts are Hypertransformation, TRL 10-11, and The Scale-Up Readiness Index. Its methodological framework includes the “BCSA” - Technology Adoption Model, Gross Profit over Cost of Execution, Business Trajectory Management, Hypothesis-based Growth Scaling, Value Peaking, The Dominance Diamond and more.
MARK BLYTH, Professor of International Economics at Brown University: "Laurits’ perspectives on hypergrowth and how to attain and manage commercial scaling of new and developing technologies is unlike anything I’ve come across in the last 20 years. It’s engagingly practical and immediately applicable. It is well-reasoned and is obviously built on decades of experience and insight."
CORNEL BAN, Associate Professor of Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School: "Finally, a business book that doesn’t just describe the storm – it hands you the instruments to fly through it. Changing the Math is a no-nonsense playbook for anyone building the next generation of industrial, greentech, or scale-up businesses. If you’re navigating hypergrowth, facing capital constraints, or wrestling with value chain inertia, this is your new field manual. Clear, tested, and brutally practical."

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