How do successful business owners weigh risks vs. rewards in their decision-making? What are the biggest threats to a company's growth, and what are overlooked opportunity areas for savvy SMBs? To answer these questions and others, Capital One Business partnered with Inc. to survey business leaders. We learned that 57 percent of business leaders believe their company's growth is more dependent on their decisions than external factors, and nearly 70 percent (68%) of business leaders of fast-growing companies trust their intuition when making decisions. Based on the research and interviews with business experts and founders, I wrote eight articles for publication on Capital One Business's small business hub.  Some of these articles will be republished on the Inc. 5000 Community. As always, I collaborated with the Inc. Custom Content editorial and project management teams. Extensive research, writing, and editing efforts went into creating this content. Check it out below. "Growth Heroes" series:

• Growth heroes: Building a business where creativity shines 
• Growth heroes: Building a family business and having a life
• Growth heroes: Making the right moves for scale
• Growth heroes: How to build greater employee engagement 

Business resources:

• How business leaders minimize risk when investing in tech
• How business leaders weigh financial risk vs. reward
• How to help safeguard your talent investment
• How leaders at fast-growing companies make decisions