Need to plan your business, don't know where to start? Then this workshop is perfect for you. As a creative business working on your business is often the last thing you have time to do ... let us help you develop easy methods for planning your vision for the business through this two hour interactive workshop.
A business plan can serve a number of purposes, but it is principally designed to let you set down in words and figures the factors that are most important to your business. A business plan shows how a new business will be created or perhaps how an existing business will undergo a major change. In drawing up a plan, you will discover the strengths and flaws in your business idea and the best way to tackle any basic problems before they have the chance to arise in a real life situation. Business plans don’t have to be long lengthy documents and can be adapted to serve many purposes.
In this workshop, we will help you formulate your ideas and help you to develop a basic business plan. The following areas will be discussed and developed as part of the session and you will be provided with useful tips to help you answer a range of questions:
Vision Where do you want the business to be?
Company Mission What do you want to achieve with your business?
Values How are you going to carry out your mission?
Marketing Strategies What routes to market will you use and why?
Financial Objectives How will you manage growth and set financial targets?
Plans (timetable/development) How will you implement your plans?
The workshop will provide you with tools to employ in your business, as well as tips and advice on how best to develop your own business.
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The Launchpad is a business support service to the creative, digital and media sectors in the North of England.
The co- founders are Nancy Dykins and Michele Bentham, who have extensive experience of running successful businesses and providing advisory / business coaching services within the sector. They are hands-on, focused, experienced business people who constantly seek to improve both themselves and those they are fortunate enough to work with. They pride themselves on being flexible, approachable, affordable and innovative in their approach.
The Launchpad aims to inspire, boost and give you a new sense of direction to take your business onwards and upwards.
