Funding Business Growth

Co-authored by Gus Gilkeson and Nick Wormald

Funding Business Growth grew from years spent working directly with Australian business owners and seeing the same challenge arise again and again: good businesses with opportunities to grow, but uncertainty around how to fund what came next.

Published in 2025, the book brings together practical experience from hundreds of real business funding journeys to help owners better understand the relationship between growth, structure and finance.

It explores how to assess whether a business is ready to grow, the importance of sequencing growth well, the different forms of funding available and what businesses need to consider when approaching lenders.

For Nick, the thinking behind the book remains closely connected to the work he does today at GibbonStope: understand the business first, get the foundations right, then consider where funding can genuinely support what comes next.

About the book

Funding Business Growth is a practical guide for business owners considering their next stage of growth.

Inside, Nick and Gus explore:

  • Understanding whether a business is ready to grow

  • Defining clear growth objectives

  • Sequencing the stages of business growth

  • Understanding different funding options

  • Preparing for and navigating the lending process

  • Managing the personal demands that come with building a growing business.

Where to buy

Funding Business Growth can be purchased through Amazon.

Enquiries

All enquiries regarding Funding Business Growth can be directed to Grow Capital, +61 2 8310 5922 | info@grow-capital.com.au