• Application: Intensive 2-Day Business Strategy Course

  • Dear Business Owner
     
    If you were to do a quick assessment of your business, where would you peg your business?
    1. Near Death - 2. Surviving - 3. Okay - 4. Growing - 5. Thriving

    What price are you putting on taking your business to growth and thriving stage? Are you prepared to learn, change and work smarter to realise your business goals?

    The University of the Western Cape's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) in partnership with the Department of Economic Development and Tourism is rolling out a programme to assist business owners in the Western Cape to adopt a strategic approach and map out a workable plan that ensures future growth and sustainability of their businesses.

    The last 2-Day Intensive Business Strategy courses are scheduled for January and February 2016. Sessions starts at 08h30 and finishes at 16h00 on both days.
     
    The main elements are: Business Strategy Development, Marketing and Sales Strategy Development, Operations Strategy Development and Financial Strategy Development. Click here for 2-Day Course outline.
     
    To participate in the programme your business:

    -  Should be registered and operational in the Western Cape
    -  Should have a desire to grow and employ additional staff
    -  Should have a valid tax clearance certificate or in the process of renewal
    -  Commit to attend both days from 8h30 to 16h00

    What previous business strategy programme participants said:

    “I have no idea how you guys could have pulled off such an amazing course in two days.  I am blown away.  You have done a fantastic job, keeping it simple and practical, and the tools you left me with is truly invaluable." - Belinda Collins.
     
    "I would definitely encourage business owners to attend who feel they are at a crossroads in their business. It will help you regain focus and develop." - Janine Thomas

    Sign up NOW and get tools to:
    “Consolidate your business, identify new opportunities and
    develop business growth plans through an intensive
    business strategy training programme that
    will assist you to set up implementable
    plans for immediate execution”
     
    Please be thorough in completing this application form, as it will form the basis for selecting suitable candidates for the programme.  

    For further information, contact: Wendy on 021 959 9549 / wmehl@uwc.ac.za
     

    Intensive 2-Day Business Strategy Course for SME Business Owners

    Business Strategy Development,                                       Marketing and Sales Strategy Development,

    Financial Strategy Development,                                       Operations Strategy Development  

     

  • For those who want to download a PDF Application to send us via email click here to download the PDF Application Form. But you are here now, so just go ahead and scroll down and complete the form.

    Please give us the names and contact details of other business owners that you think will benefit from the 2-Day Business Strategy Course - click here and fill in their details

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    • By submitting the application form the participant agrees to the Department of Economic Development and Tourism’s monitoring and evaluation processes in which the participant agrees to disclose information such as, but not limited to, business information relating to:

      • The state of the business
      • Rand value of assets in the business
      • Sales and turnover information
      • Employment count in the business

      (This information is purely for statistical purposes to monitor and evaluate change and impact in the business and will only be reported in a combined statistical report that does not identify the business)

      The participant agrees to allow the Department to conduct site visits and take pictures of staff and production activities and use it in marketing and/ or media opportunities in the following mediums but not limited to success stories, participation in media briefings, annual reports, press releases, print and online articles, etc. The participant can be contacted for a period of 12 to 24 months after the intervention for further monitoring and evaluation.

      DECLARATION
      I declare this information to be correct and factual and that once accepted for the training programme, I will commit to attend both days and complete further data collection forms for statistical purposes.

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