SMEs & Business Organisations

CEO Roundtables and Workshops:

• M&A and Investment Strategies for High Growth SMEs

• Fund Raising for your Business: Options & Strategies

• Dealing with Bankers & Investors: What Small Businesses Need to Know

• Business and Revenue Model Refinement: how SME business owners need to reinvent the way they make money

• Risk return Optimisation: How business owners should manage their balance sheet risks whilst maximising profits

CFO Management/Scorecard Courses:

• Preliminary Diagnosis of SMEs: Techniques and Strategies

• Defining, Developing and Implementing Vision/ Mission/ Core Competencies of SMEs

• Corporate and Business Strategy Framework of SMEs

• Revenue Model: Strategic options and selections for Business Owners

• Strategic Business Positioning & Prioritization : SME Perspectives

• Setting 3-Year Business Targets & Goals: Tools and Techniques

• Competitor Analysis & Financial Benchmarking: Be a Better Business

• Financial Risk Profiling & Diagnosis

• Financial Modeling - Market mix, Client Mix, Revenue Mix & Product Mix

• Fund Requirements & Design Analysis

• Periodic Budgeting (with scenario): 16weeks, Quarterly, Yearly

• Business Valuation for SMEs: Techniques and Strategies

• Strategic Business Plan: Best Practices for SMEs

• Evaluating Business Opportunities in Asia: "Is Business Your Business?"

• Investment opportunity costs: "Making a Smart Risk-Adjusted Investment Choice"

• Types of legal structure and entities in Singapore: What are the features, similarities and differences?

• Pros and cons of various forms of business structures in Asia

• Selection strategy of a business choice

• Planning the navigation and direction of a company from start-up to growth stage

• Strategic business planning - things to focus on for various stakeholders

• Grants, incentives and schemes for Asia businesses

• Roles and functions of ACRA

• Roles, functions and assistance available: Government agencies, trade associations and business chambers

• Sources of dealflows - where and how can you network in Asia?

• Preparing for a Sale-and-Purchase Agreement

• Key steps in preparation to buy a business

• Due diligence methods to assess the feasibility of an investment

• Pros and cons of buying a business

• Top 10 growth strategies successfully adopted by homegrown SMEs

• Financial budgeting

• Ways to motivate key employees

• Key elements for successful profit centres

• Working capital management: key areas that make or break your company

• Understanding and dealing with financial institutions in Asia: What do banks look for in your business?

• Preparing the next round of investment capital

• Ways to structure an exit strategy

• Outsourcing core and non-core functions in an SME

• Brand management and valuation

• Key traits of successful entrepreneurs in Asia

• Developing and testing a business concept

• Selecting the best entry option for your business

• Organising and managing a business operation in Asia

• Financial basics for entrepreneurs

• How to find funding for start-ups

• 10 investment and business opportunities available for outgoing Sos

• Sourcing for business opportunities

• Analyse the process of how venture investing is structured and raised

• Structuring the investment deal

• Interactions between venture investors and entrepreneurs that they finance in

• Examine the process that venture investors exit their investments