Grow to greatness : smart growth for entrepreneurial businesses / Edward D. Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Edward D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small business--Growth.

Small business.

Small business--Management.

Industrial management.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Simply put, most entrepreneurial start-ups fail. Those fortunate enough to succeed then face a second, major challenge: how to grow. This book focuses on the key questions an entrepreneur must answer in order to grow a business. Based on extensive research of more than fifty successful growth companies, Grow to Greatness discusses the top ten growth challenges and how to overcome them.Author Edward D. Hess dispels the myth that businesses must grow or die. Growth can create value. But, too much growth too fast outstrips effective processes, controls, or management capacity.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Roadmap to Smart Growth; Part I: Whether to Grow; 2. The "Truth" About Growth; 3. Preconditions to Growth; Part II: How to Grow; 4. The Four Ps: Planning, Prioritization, Processes, and Pace; 5. The Four Ways to Grow Your Business; 6. Creating Three Growth Plans; Part III: Growth Requires the Right Leadership, Culture, and People; 7. Growth Is Much More Than a Strategy; 8. The Entrepreneur Must Grow, Too; 9. The Silver Bullet: Highly Engaged Employees; 10. Building an Effective Management Team; Reminders for the Entrepreneur; Notes; Bibliography

Recommended ReadingIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781909

0804781907

OCLC:

782878364