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Seven Hurdles to Successful Growth for Companies

Guest post by: David Carter

Article Overview: Professor Roure (IESE Faculty, Stanford educated, Founder of Angel Investor Network in Spain) recently shared his research and experience on 7 Key Hurdles that growth companies must overcome to be successful to grow. Use this list as the basis for a thought provoking exercise for your leadership team.

Seven Hurdles to Successful Growth for Companies

Professor Roure (IESE Faculty, Stanford educated, Founder of Angel Investor Network in Spain) recently shared his research and experience on 7 Key Hurdles that growth companies must overcome to be successful to grow. Use this list as the basis for a thought provoking exercise for your leadership team.

Here are the 7 items:

1. Lack of Entrepreneurial Ambition to grow
2. Lack of focus and selectiveness in regard to new opportunities (chasing too many of them)
3. Lack of systematic screening process for new opportunities
4. Lack of growth driven approach (attitude) to funding
5. Lack of a superior management team
6. Lack of an effective governance system (oversight)
7. Lack of flexible approach to implementing new growth options and ownership structures


Use this list as the basis for a thought provoking exercise. Place this list in front of your leadership team and have them individually score each item for your company (1-10 scale). Then share and discuss the results as a team. This can be a powerful tool to help clarify your focus and stimulate decisions for your growth.

For more information on these concepts and to discover how you can FOCUS on the key opportunities in your business, contact David Paul Carter.

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