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Back to resultsWorkshop - How to Survive, Thrive and Grow a Small Business

Date:
8th September 2010 - From 10.30am
Location:
Boho One, Middlesbrough
Cost:
Free
Website:
DigitalCity Business
Funding Sector
All
Organiser
DigitalCity Business

Based on 30 years in business – 14 of which has been spent running his own companies - Gareth Edwards is taking a Workshop on how he has successfully made a living – and even managed the occasional holiday.

The workshop will cover many of the key challenges faced by Small Hi-Tech, Scientific and Media Businesses, including:

· Raising the Venture Funds from Business Angels and Venture Capital

· Starting and stopping a company

· Managing cash flow IN and especially cash flow OUT

· Managing client expectations and payments

· Managing and maintaining commercial networks

· Identifying and managing Intellectual Property (IP)

· Analysing risk, choices and new ideas using techniques such as STEP or STEEPLE

· Presenting consequences and choices to Clients who try to get jobs done in half the time for a quarter of the budget using techniques such as FRT

· Using spreadsheet, graphing and trends to analyse project progress – it can be accurate AND empirical

· Mythical Man Months – when to stop struggling and admit you have gotten it wrong – and what to do about it

 

If you would like to attend the workshop, please email cluster@dcbusiness.eu to book a place.

Bookings are taken on a first come, first served basis.