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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,
            n
               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
            n                                                 n
               Innovation in products or technologies           to the long-term strategy
            n
               Innovation in customer relationship or the     n   They have sound foundations in leadership
            n
               business model                                   and management of people, finance, operations,
               Generally transformational, in that it will substantially   and marketing
            n
               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
            n
               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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