I was involved in a talk about certain company's future and a colleague wrote
this in the middle of discussion:

> ここまで会社{かいしゃ}の経営{けいえい}が **あまりに順風満帆{じゅんぷうまんぱん}** 過ぎ{すぎ}でした。
>
> 本業{ほんぎょう}も、副業{ふくじょう}も果たして{はたして}、これからどうなってしまうのだろうと、正直心配{しょうじきしんぱい}でなりません。

I tried to translate what he had written and getting this meaning (edited as
Chocolateさん suggested):

> Up to this point the company is running well. I'm really worried, wondering
> 'what will ever become of both our main business & side business' (in the
> future).

I'm in doubt for usage of the bolded part in first sentence, since literally
"順風満帆" has "smooth sailing" meaning which usually maritime-related (if the
term separated to 2 kanji groups, "順風" has "favored wind" meaning but "満帆"
doesn't showed up anything relevant).

What I want to ask for:

  1. What is the exact purpose behind usage of "あまりに順風満帆" term to tell about business condition of a company (i.e. running well)? 

  2. Are there another words, phrases or terms which similar or equally matched meaning with bolded structure in daily usage?
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meaning kanji sentence
What is the purpose of 「順風満帆」 used in business context?
順風満帆 means, as you have found out, "smooth sailing". It holds the exact same
meaning as in English, meaning "easy progress", so I'm not sure what you are
confused about here.

> 1) What is the exact purpose behind usage of "あまりに順風満帆" term to tell about
> business condition of a company (i.e. running well)?

あまりに～すぎる is a phrase that means "too much" "excessively". So あまりに順風満帆すぎ means
"too 順風満帆" = "too smooth" (in the sense that he was expecting it to be harder
and therefore is worried something is wrong).

> 2) Are there another words, phrases or terms which similar or equally
> matched meaning with bolded structure in daily usage?

While you can take out the あまりに part since you have ～すぎる afterwards, leaving
it in stresses the fact that things were very, very easy.

For words to replace 順風満帆, you could use one of the following:

> ・順調{じゅんちょう}: smooth, going w/o a hitch  
>  ・予定通{よていどお}り: as planned  
>  ・上手{うま}く行｛い｝く：things going well

And lastly, here is my take on the sentences you have, put together. This is
heavily localized and not a word-for-word translation. Note what I did to the
あまりに順風満帆すぎ part to help stress the point.

> So far, business has been smooth. Too smooth. I just can't help but be
> worried about what's going to become of both the main business and side
> business in the future.
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