This booklet provides an overview of the growth issues experienced by participants in the 2005 Fast 50 index. 

As part of registering for the Deloitte/Unlimited Fast 50, participants provide valuable insights about their experience of business growth by responding to a growth questionnaire.

To assist us to understand the real issues faced by growth companies, we asked them:

• What has made them successful?
• What are the key challenges they face?
• How fast will they grow in the next 12 months?
• What strategies do they use to drive growth?
• How do they create a growth culture within their organization?

We analysed the answers to these and other questions and compared responses from this year’s Fast 50 participants with data we’ve captured for the five years that we have compiled the Fast 50 index in New Zealand. We have seen some interesting trends in this time, and have certainly learned a lot about the particular challenges faced by growth companies and how to address them.

The Growth Trends Brief has some very useful advice from fast growth businesses and we hope you find the brief interesting and helpful.  At the very least you may learn you are not alone in coping with the challenges of fast growth.