The McGraw-Hill Guide to Managing Growth in Your Emerging Business

"Most new businesses that fail do so during the transition from start-up to the growth phase. Here's a much-needed book that can dramatically increase your odds of succeeding during the toughest and most critical stage of any new venture. Written by the best-selling author of The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business, this new guide constitutes a complete field manual for entrepreneurs looking to transform their small businesses into exceptional enterprises.^ In 20 concise, reader-friendly chapters - each one addressed to a vital growth-related issue - you'll find step-by-step plans and blueprints to follow, proven answers to tough, real-life questions, and valuable tips from forty entrepreneurs and managers who have survived the minefields of high-growth ventures." "You'll learn why growth does not simply mean doing "more of the same" on a larger scale; what kinds of challenges you're likely to face during each phase of the growth process, and how to begin preparing for them today; the difference between uncontrolled growth (which can actually jeopardize your firm's very existence) and sustained growth, which is the kind of growth savvy entrepreneurs seek; the secrets of