Company Type A – SMB- New to Moderate Growth
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Company Type B – SMB – Rapid Growth
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Company Type C – Large Company – Slow to Moderate Growth
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Company Type D – Large Company – Rapid Growth
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You weren't made like this. Yet as an owner of a growing business, this is exactly how you feel. It is a difficult task for presidents and CEOs to both manage and grow a business at the same time. Coupled with this, keeping an eye on your competition as well as market and customer trends is nearly impossible. The result is often competing priorities, lack of prioritization, and missed opportunities.
Over time, this can lead to haphazard and sporadic growth that is not predictable or sustainable. You know that you are an expert and are technically proficient in your field. However, you also know that you don't have the time or in-house expertise needed to take your business to the next level. |
Your Company continues to grow rapidly. However, you’re finding that along with rapid expansion, you’re also experiencing issues related to cash flow. You know that you have to cover your expenses. What you don’t want is to miss out on an opportunity when it presents itself. However, you can’t get over the nagging feeling that many of your moves have been reactionary and that you need to have a solid growth plan in place. You want to make sure that you effectively manage your growth so that it can be achieved in the right way and sustainable over the long term.
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Part of you feels like you've made it. Your business has survived and has made it to that large company status. However, as your company has grown, it has lost that entrepreneurial edge. What's more, you have become so inundated with managing people, policies, and paperwork that you wake up to find that you are now an internally-focused, slow moving company.
You have no real idea of what is going on with your competitors and in the external marketplace as a whole. How to effectively capitalize off of or combat situations are also a mystery and a series of reactionary exercises. What's more, you don't have the resources to allocate to this type of work although you know that you need it. |
Your Company continues to grow rapidly. However, you’re finding that along with rapid expansion, you’re also experiencing issues related to supporting your additional business and have concerns about customer retention and bottom line profitability. You ask yourself, “Are we expanding too quickly?” and can’t get over the nagging feeling that you need to have a solid growth plan in place. You want to make sure that you effectively manage your growth so that it can be achieved in the right way and sustainable over the long term. |
