Virtually every business owner dreams of growing the business with profitably over several years. Only one percent succeed. What characterizes these com-panies? What are their success factors? And what are the most common pitfalls to watch out for? In Secrets of Fast Growers, Lars Diethelm and Michael Engström share their long and solid experience as successful profitable and sustainable growth builders. The book is summarized in an easily accessible way current research in the field, generous illustrated with examples from reality. The book presents the factors that the fast growers have in common and function at the same time as one practical handbook in growth construction. With help of a tangible process and concrete tools you can, yourself or together with your managementteam, develop a growth plan for your particular company. Lars Diethelm and Michael Engström have together over 60 years of experience in creating profitable and sustainable growth in various companies, industries and parts of the world. On a daily basis, they own and operate the sustainable growth concept Ahrens Rapid Growth.