El negocio pudo haberse expandido, pero se quedó a la puerta por falta de inversión.

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#1

[details=“English Translation”]The business could have expanded, but it remained at the door due to lack of investment.
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“but it fell at the last hurdle” [?]

quedarse a la puerta

(idiomatic, intransitive) to not quite make it; fall at the last hurdle

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quedarse_a_la_puerta#Spanish

#2

I think I would rather use it in plural, ie “…se quedo a las puertas por falta de inversión”.

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