WLA/SCORE: Simple Steps to a Well-run Business - Operate

The first session of this 3-part workshop series focuses on the current state of your business - the people and the numbers. How to better understand the financials, your key metrics, as well as optimizing your relationships with the people in your business: employees, clients and suppliers.

What will be covered:
• Understanding the relationship between profitability and cash flow – and why you need to focus on both
• Visualizing key trends
• Identifying key metrics that define your business
• Tools to track your financial information
• Why relationships are key to business success
• Understanding the various relationships your business has: employees, customers, vendors, and how to maximize them
Note*: The intended participants for these 3 workshops are growing and established business owners.

 

Robert Harvey developed and scaled two business systems from inception during his business career. In his twenties and thirties, he built one of the largest fence contractors by capturing over 26% of all new home fences in Ontario. He did this by replicating university student trained fence companies. In his forties and fifties, Robert was able to dominate the internet for healthcare products (http://www.silvercross.com) in the senior home accessibility field. The domination of over 100 keywords in Google for over a decade developed into a lead generation business resulting in excess of 200,000 leads that covered 85% of North America with 200 affiliates.  In addition, Robert was able to develop over 22 SILVER CROSS locations. His company was purchased by a publicly traded company on the TSX (SIS). Specialties: Franchise development, market share penetration, website SEO, salesforce customization and business model replication.

Click here to register on the SCORE website.