8 Steps To Business Success
Course


A practical and inspirational course for beginners and experienced entrepreneurs.
This course has been developed for current or prospective small business owners. To survive and succeed in your own business you need to get the basics right.  This course covers everything you need to make your business a success.

All aspects of running a successful business are covered in eight powerful lectures including:

  • How to draw up a business plan

  • Effective marketing, market research and sales
  • Understanding tax and VAT
  • Basic book-keeping
  • Labour relations and staff management
  • How to keep yourself motivated and goal driven
  • How to draw up a cash flow forecast
  • Starting, financing and expanding your business
  • Understanding income statements and balance sheets
  • Legal requirements
  • Credit control

    R2450 per person.

    The course is run 2 evenings a week for 4 weeks or 8 consecutive Saturday mornings.


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    MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE

     A course to empower managers, trainee managers and staff who run their own division.

    Management Excellence covers a wide range of business management skills including:

  • Vision, Planning and Goal Setting
  • Marketing
  • Bookkeeping, Tax and VAT
  • Business Legalities
  • Income Statement and Balance Sheet
  • Cash Flow statements
  • Human Resources
  • Motivation
  • Leadership
  • Credit Control
  • Time management
  • Entrepreneurship

    Duration: 8 weeks (one 3 hour session per week)
    Cost: R2 450.00 per person (VAT incl.)

    COURSE CONTENT

      • The future of small business - the best businesses of the future.
      • Which is better - buying a business, buying a franchise or starting from scratch?
      • How to draw up a Business Plan.
      • How to research your Market.
      • How to draw up a Marketing Plan.
      • Understanding Taxation and VAT.
      • Understanding basic bookkeeping principles.
      • How to draw up your Income Statement.
      • How to calculate your Break-even point.
      • How to draw up your Cash Flow Forecast.
      • Understanding the Balance Sheet.
      • Business legal requirements including information on close corporations, companies and sole traders.
      • Purchasing strategy. Costing and pricing your product or service.
      • Credit control and stock control.
      • Determining your financial requirements and how to apply for a business loan.
      • Selling skills and customer service.
      • How to keep yourself motivated.
      • Labour relations and other labour related issues.
      • How to motivate your staff

     

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    WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND THIS COURSE?

    The major benefits of doing this course are:

      • We only use experienced, professional trainers that are working in the field of small business development and franchising.
      • Our trainers are experienced in financing, consulting, after-care, on-the-job training and mentoring. Their practical, first-hand experience in their own business makes them a cut above the rest.
      • The course is practical.
      • Participants research their own prospective business proposals rather than work on theoretical ideas.
      • At the end of the course, participants have a personalised Business Plan, which can be used to run their own businesses.
      • Only the latest adult education methods are used. Participants are encouraged to participate and are not lectured at.
      • Group discussions and case studies are extensively used to convey the learning content in a practical manner and make it a fun experience. Participants are evaluated on the basis of their Business Plan.
      • We are concerned with the practical application of business skills and not the theoretical regurgitation of knowledge. Successful participants receive a Certificate of Achievement.
      • Free personal consultations are available with the trainer so that participants can discuss specific problems and find solutions.
      • Mentorship is offered free after the course - this includes monthly follow-up meetings, the formation of your own board of advisors and peer mentorship programs.
      • The course is updated and includes best practices used in other countries.
      • The course has been presented at the training centre for 19 years.
      • The course includes using technology to grow your own business.
      • We have hundreds of success stories of past delegates that are included in the course.
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