Author Archives: Scott

Introduction to Business Plans

Business Plans are initially required for when you start a business, they can be used every year- a financial year or calendar year, or anytime you want to apply for business finance or finding an investor for the growth of your business. When we do an initial business plan, we need to complete the overall […]

Introduction to Business Systems

The introduction to business systems is a short course that can help you understand which systems you need in place to help you become a successful business. The following topics will be covered in the course, Sales Systems- this will assist you in learning about the systems, processes required to help you better sell your […]

Introduction to starting a business.

    This course was developed after observing questions in Facebook groups and people were unsure on items to consider when they wanted to start a business. Owners were surveyed about the information they wish they were told prior to starting their business. Completing this course will help business owners better understand the planning phase, […]

Business Owners Course

I have created a course, after researching business owners and managers on the type of information they would like included in a course. Whilst it is a non-accredited course, if participants complete the tasks within their own business, they can possibly use the information they develop into an RPL application and use the knowledge towards […]

Business Learning 2021

2020/2021 Business Learnings.   Thought I would take some time to reflect on the learnings I have come to over the last 18 months, with the health Pandemic happening in Victoria.  I have also got some opinions of others to help with the information. In general, I think we learned the Health System was not […]

Hiring Your First Employee.

So you think the time has come to employ your first ever employee, this can be an exciting time, and provide a range of challenges whilst employing staff. Although, congratulations are in order to a business who has grown their business sufficiently to employ more staff and more importantly to recognize the fact you  need […]

Protecting Your Business Part 1

Protecting your Business- Part 1.   I wonder what your initial thought was when you read the Heading?  So many issues may occur with any business, that there is a variety of methods required to protect your business. Whilst, in this Blog, I am mainly thinking about commercial premises, where someone leases or owns a […]

Staff Induction.

Staff Inductions are vital to any Business owner, and should be completed every time a person is employed. Inductions can be reviewed over 2-3 years and should be re completed if employees continue to work for you. Business owners, especially Small to Medium businesses, who don’t have the Human resource/ People and Culture departments, often […]

Business Risks 3

ecently, ( Oct 2018) I asked a question in the Business Group of Australia, about ” what do people see as their biggest business risk at present ” I was glad to see that no one classed themselves as the biggest risk for their Business. Although there were some interesting answers, including the following Hit […]