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EVERY GROWTH

OPPORTUNITY

The Entrepreneurs’ LOOKS DIFFERENT

Programme transformed

our business quite
fundamentally. I would Growth Services is not just one thing; it is different things to

definitely recommend different businesses. But there is one common factor – we help

them to other businesses businesses take advantage of an identified opportunity to grow.

Ben Chen, General Manager The businesses we help are wide and varied, as are their growth opportunites.
The growth opportunity may be: Some of the characteristics of a business we work
with are:
Development of a new market, product, service,
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business model; it is not ‘business as usual’ n That they intend to grow
Realistic, achievable and easily expressed They realise that a growth opportunity is integral
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Innovation in products or technologies to the long-term strategy
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Innovation in customer relationship or the n They have sound foundations in leadership
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business model and management of people, finance, operations,
Generally transformational, in that it will substantially and marketing
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alter the current business n They have a willingness and commitment to
embrace change and new ideas
You may already have:
Market and competitor analysis, market testing, n They have resources available to commit to a
n
or customer insights growth opportunity
Investment in new equipment, prototype n They have a willingness to commit resources
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development, new or upgraded facilities, (people, money, equipment and focus) to a
staff, marketing growth opportunity
Connections – strategic partnerships, alliances, They have the capacity to scale operations to meet
n n
new market channels, external advice expected demand

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