7 high-growth business cautionary tales by Raconteur

Businesses that experience exponential growth often encounter exponential roadblocks as well. Charles Orton-Jones takes a look at 7 examples where a company’s over-shooting success landed problems with financing, banks, and investors.

1. Bank axed overdrafts
2. Too big for seed, too small for loans
3. All funding denied to high-growth business
4. Investor panic
5. No bank loans pre-profit
6. High tech but high risk
7. Growth outstrips understanding