Business Growth in Challenging Times

Do you have your own business? Or are you thinking about starting your own? Do you need help navigating the tricky world of business? Do you want to set yourself up for success and growth?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, look no further!

Highly recommended action coach, Mark Blume will be running business workshops in Bingara and Warialda to assist Gwydir Shire Council residents with all things business related.

The coaching program comprises:

• 2 x 1 day group coaching sessions conducted Face to Face

• 2 x 1 hour one on one coaching session conducted by Zoom

The sessions will be held at the following locations:

Bingara

Session 1 – Friday, 5 May 2023

Session 2 – Friday, 2 June 2023

Conference Room, The Roxy Theatre Building

Warialda

Session 1 – Saturday, 6 May 2023

Session 2 – Saturday, 3 June 2023

Warialda Function Room, near the Warialda Stadium Building

The workshops focus on what you wished you knew when you started in business and the topics covered include:

• Building a profitable business

• Why 80% of businesses fail in the first 5 years

• Why a detailed chart of accounts is important

• Breakeven and how to calculate it (inc. Profit Breakeven)

• How much am I worth and why a majority of business owners initially struggle with it

• Where did my profit go?

• Business and personal goal setting

• How do I borrow from a bank to grow my business

• Setting my prices

• Calculating your hourly rate and what is included or excluded

• Your ideal client

• How to market your business for growth

• Employing staff

• What are the major causes of business failure and how you mitigate them for your business?

• Setting up your business for resilience to future shocks

If these are issues that are keeping you up at night, then register for this wonderful opportunity today.

You will come away with a clear 12 month plan for the business, and have two accountability calls with your coach to check on progress.

The classes are open to the first 12 people in each group and are valued at $1400 per person. The course will be FREE to all Gwydir Shire Council residents and rate payers. For further information or to register for Mark Blume’s business coaching sessions, please contact Courtney Loosemore on 0478 208 944 or cloosemore@gwydir.nsw.gov.au

Registrations close 4:00pm, Wednesday 12 April 2023.

Set you and your business up for success!

These events are supported by the SQNNSW Innovation Hub, which receives funding from the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.