Funding & Growth
📋 What it is
Growing a business often needs money to invest first — from savings, loans or investors — and growth must be managed carefully.
🗣️ Coach says
To grow, a business usually has to spend before it earns more — on staff, stock or space. That money comes from savings, loans, or investors who share the risk for a share of the reward. Growing too fast without a plan can be as risky as not growing.
🧠 Memory hook
Growth needs money first (savings/loan/investor) — and a careful plan.
😂 Giggle
Why did the compound interest get stronger every year?
It was building on its own success!
😲 Whoa!
Some businesses grew SO fast they ran out of cash and failed — growth without a plan can sink a company.
✅ Quick check: Why does growing a business usually require money before it earns more?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
Because growth means spending first — on more staff, stock or space — before the extra sales come in; that money comes from savings, loans or investors.
Invest-before-you-earn is a key growth-and-funding idea.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Imagine growing a lemonade stand — name one thing you’d have to buy first to serve more people.