Course Description
Do you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? It certainly helps to have expertise in your field. Aptitude and flair play a part, too. But the key qualities are creativity, resilience in the face of challenges, and the social skills needed to build great teams.
Mastering Entrepreneurship training seminar will empower the trainees to enhance, update, and refine their entrepreneurial skills. It is very applicable to aspiring entrepreneurs, corporate “intrapreneurs”, corporate venture officers. The course provides a framework to develop or strengthen the skills and enhance the climate of innovation and/or entrepreneurship in the organization.
What Do Participants Learn?
- Developing An Improved Understanding Of The Risks And Rewards Of Entrepreneurship
- Knowing How To Evaluate The Risks And Rewards Of Innovation
- Being Able To Calculate The Strategic And Financial Value Of An Investment
- Understanding To Cost / Benefit Of A Decision
- Enhancing Their Knowledge With The Use Of Business Models And Case Studies
- Understanding The Link Between Operations, Marketing, And Finance To Entrepreneurial Success
Who Should Attend?
- Corporate Finance Officers
- Strategic Planners
- Accounting
- Lenders
- Investors
- Merger And Acquisition Specialists
- Corporate Officers
- Commercial And Investment Bankers
- Securities Analysts
- Private Equity Specialists
- Asset Managers
- And Other Individuals Whose Professional Future May Be Enhanced By An Understanding Of Development Through Innovative Entrepreneurial Activity
What Will the Learning Experience Include?
Phase: 1
Introduce
- Comprehensive pre-program activities include:
- Web-based information forms & surveys completed by attendee.
- Direct consultation with the attendee about the expectations.
- During the training, participants engage in data, activities, and conversations that lead to insight and knowledge.
- Participants learn from expert trainers who have both academic and business experiences.
- Highly applicable training content & instructive activities for adding depth to training topics.
- **A half-day site visit for integrating the experience & plan next steps. Opportunities to provide connections, ideas & support.
Phase: 2
Explore & Practice
Phase: 3
Apply
- Apply & sustain the learning experience by using this ongoing support:
- To ensure participant has new skills or behavior progress.
- Optional, fee-based mentoring & coaching with the trainer.
- Training materials & additional documents (e-books, pdf files, presentations and articles)
- Evaluate your training experience by giving us feedbacks and help us to reach our organizational goals.
- Participant's Evaluation
- Trainer's Evaluation
Phase: 4
EVALUATE
Section One: Assessing The Current Performance And Potential Of Your Organisation
- What Is The Potential Of Your Business For Sustained Profitable Growth?
- How Strong Is Your Current Competitive Position?
- What Are The Factors That Will Influence Future Performance?
- Leading-edge Tools And Techniques In Strategic Planning
- The Strategic Requirement For Product And Process Innovation
- Strategic Planning For Competitive Success
- Developing Your Unique Corporate Strategy
- Communicating Your Unique Corporate Strategy
- Implementing Your Unique Corporate Strategy
- Measuring Your Unique Corporate Strategy
- Adjusting Your Unique Corporate Strategy
Section Two: Leadership Development
- What Is The Job Of Leadership And How Is It Distinct From Management?
- The Special Characteristics Of Leadership In An Entrepreneurial Culture
- Why Would Anyone Wish To Be Led By You?
- The Concept Of Leadership In Different Business Cultures
- What Is Transformational Leadership?
- Risk Management
- Identification And Assessment Of Risk
- The First Decision – Accept Or Avoid
- Tools And Techniques Of Risk Management
- Tools And Techniques Of Risk Mitigation
- Tools And Techniques Of Risk Transfer
Section Three: Planning For Innovation And Using Innovation Effectively
- Innovation Vs. Invention
- Various Types Of Innovation
- The Economic Impact Of Innovation And Its Cost-benefit Analysis
- Selecting And Applying The Best Innovation Tools And Techniques
- Developing And Sustaining An Innovation Culture
- Marketing & Branding
- The Critical Difference Between Marketing And Branding
- The Most Effective Marketing Strategy In An Entrepreneurial Business
- Calculating Your Marketing Roi
- How To Develop And Leverage A Brand?
- Branding Products Vs. Companies
Section Four: Forecasting & Budgeting
- Forecasting Demand Is The Most Critical Element
- Forecasting Options To Improve Your Operating Results
- The Different Roles Of Forecasting And Budgeting
- Budgeting Options And Choosing Between Alternatives
- The Master Budget Components
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- How do Investors evaluate A Proposal?
- Financial Structure Options: Start-up / Mezzanine / Second And Third Phase
- The Balance Of Cash Flow / Debt / Equity Financing
- The Different Approaches Of Banks, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Other
- Z-score & Other Analysis Tools
Section Five: Operational Excellence And Continuous Process Improvement
- How To Measure Success And Potential?
- The Need For Alignment Between Strategic And Operational Leadership
- How To Develop Best Practice In Business Processes?
- 6-s Audit And Analysis
- World-Class Process Improvement Techniques
- The “Kaizen” Concept And Its Application Across The Organisation