Growing Pains: Transitioning from an Entrepreneurship to a Professionally Managed Firm

Abstract

Since it was first published in 1986, "Growing Pains" has become a classic resource for understanding how start-ups can make the transition to become large, professionally-managed organizations that maintain the special spark that launched them. In the fourth edition of "Growing Pains, " authors Eric Flamholtz and Yvonne Randle have thoroughly revised and updated the book to include new ideas and concepts including information about strategic planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, family businesses, and overcoming growing pains, as well as new examples and cases of companies.