Assessing the growth potential of small firms

At the beginning of their venture, young and small start-ups have to struggle a lot to survive. When a company has passed the stage of nativity the first pains may be history but the road to become a grown-up profitable firm is still a long way to go. On the way of adolescence young and small companies are forced to achieve constant and high growth if they want to stay on the global marketplace by successfully defeating global competition. This book illustrates the special situation of such companies, calls for dedicated and special assistance andwants to provide hands-on management advice how to lead a company to higher growth. The book aims at entrepreneurs, founders and managers of young and small companies which successfully survived the start-up phase as well as to venture capital companies, independent advisors, banks, consultants and other stakeholders.