The study brings together profiles of nine growth companies in Egypt and the entrepreneurs behind them. The Small and Medium Enterprise Policy (SMEPol) Project aimed to learn about their growth experiences and strategies and to present them as good practices. Most of the companies started as micro or very small firms, and at varying rates, over varying periods of time, have grown exponentially. The study found that while strong growth firms accounted for less than seven percent of all firms, they were responsible for half of the net jobs created by continuing firms from 1993 to 2003
