The Road to Success: How to Manage Growth: The Grant Thorton Llp Guide for Entrepreneurs

ISBN-13: 9780471296881 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 240 str.

Mendy Kwestel; Michael Preston; Gary Plaster

Opis

This text addresses problems an entrepreneur faces in developing a growing company. It seeks to guide entrepreneurs on how to develop the organization and infrastructure of the company as the business grows so that the company has the appropriate systems and procedures in place to provide management with the critical data and facts to enable it to identify opportunities and address potential problems.

Spis treści

The Problems of Growing Entrepreneurial Companies.

Developing a Strategic Plan.

Building Your Team.

Developing a Management Information Reporting System.

Implementing Information Technology and Controls.

Planning for Succession.

Finding and Retaining Good People.

Forming a Board of Directors.

Appendices.

Afterword.

Index.

O autorze

GRANT THORNTON LLP is the sixth–largest U.S. accounting and management consulting firm, with more than 2,800 partners and staff in 48 U.S. locations. MENDY KWESTEL is a partner and the Director of Entrepreneurial Services for Grant Thornton′s New York area offices. MICHAEL S. PRESTON was Management Consulting Partner in the New York office of Grant Thornton LLP. He is currently a professor at Columbia University′s Graduate School of Business. GARY A. PLASTER is a partner of Management Consulting for Grant Thornton LLP and is the National Practice Leader for the Grant Thornton Strategic Consultancy.

Blurb

"An excellent road map for the entrepreneur . . . straightforward . . . has immediate application . . . provides insight into growing a company strategically."–Mike Valentine President BASYS Technologies

"Practical, useful, and interesting . . . clearly written by experienced practitioners . . . assist[s] entrepreneurs struggling with difficult reporting and systems issues."–William Murphy Chief Financial Officer Computer Horizons

"You must read The Road to Success. Failure to do so could be fatal . . . a map for every entrepreneur who wants to become a true chief executive officer."–Stephen S. Draizin Chief Executive Officer RAD Energy

Hard work, determination, and sheer force of will have started you on your way–to keep going, you need dependable guidance, flexibility, and a plan.

The Road to Success shows emerging entrepreneurs how to transform a one–person show into a powerful, smooth–running business enterprise able to continue growing long into the future. The professionals at Grant Thornton LLP help you:
∗ Create a strategic plan for growth
∗ Develop the management team and the communication systems you′ll need
∗ Give up a little control and let other people do their jobs
∗ Avoid the pitfalls that often beset rapidly growing companies

If you want to drive your company toward manageable, unlimited growth, The Road to Success is the only way to go.