This specialized AOM conference featured research on the unique organizational challenges of start-up firms and entrepreneurial corporations that seek to grow within and beyond their established markets. Understanding the multifaceted, complex trajectory from start-up to scale-up is not only of relevance to management practitioners, but also an important frontier for management research. While start-ups are a critical source of economic growth and novelty in the way we work and organize, many start-ups fail to develop into larger organizations. Management research provides limited insight into the factors that enable successful transitions. This conference provided a platform for sharing knowledge from research and practice in a comprehensive program of paper presentations, active learning workshops, panel discussions, company visits, and networking opportunities. The multidisciplinary conference encompassed 6 track themes, co-developed with the following AOM Divisions & Interest Groups: Entrepreneurship (ENT), International Management (IM), Organizational Behavior (OB), Organization and Management Theory (OMT), Strategic Management (STR), and Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) . We invited scholars from all management disciplines, as well as industry experts, strategists, entrepreneurs, venture capital experts, and policy makers to join us in what proved to be a stimulating meeting in Israel, “The Startup Nation.”