WARNING
Starting your own business is not a small step. While 436,018 businesses were started last year, 362,893 also closed down for various reasons. The first step in our program is designed to help you work out the validity of your business idea. If after this stage you work out that starting a business is not for you, we can pivot the support we provide you to helping you get your next job.
Our program differs from traditional outplacement services in several key ways:
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Focus on entrepreneurship: We help you recognise the skills and talents you have. We empower you to build your own business.
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Personalised support: Our program is tailored to your individual needs and business goals.
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Practical guidance: We provide hands-on assistance with all aspects of starting a business. You have access to our online training portal that guides you through the steps required to start a business and give you practical tools and templates to support you to do it.
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Ongoing support: We're with you every step of the way, even after you launch your business.
NEXT STEPS
1. Confirm that Outplacement Support is part of your redundancy.
Many organisations will provide help to employees that have been made redundant. They will often have a provider of traditional outplacement services they have used in the past. However, our experience is that most are willing to redeploy the funding if you ask and can show them a specific alternative you would like to pursue.
If outplacement funding is not a part of your redundancy and you would still like to invest in this program let us know and we can explore a payment program that can work for you.
2. Select the program that works best for you.
Starter
$1,975*
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Self guided Startup Program.
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Access to free resources and templates.
Kickoff
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Up to 5 Coaching Sessions
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Spread over 2 months
Ideal to get you going with your new business.
$2,850*
Grow
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Up to 8 Coaching Sessions
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Spread over 3 months
Kickoff your venture and access growth support.
$3,950*
Accelerate
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Up to 12 Coaching Sessions
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Spread over 6 months
Support to start, grow and accelerate your venture.
$5,450*
* +GST
All programs have access to the online ‘Startup Program’ resources platform for 12 months. The platform provides video input, templates, checklists, resources, learning modules, case studies and guided activities to drive your success.
Entrepreneurial Skills Assessment
Understanding you, your goals, what success looks like and your capacity to run your own venture.
Business Idea Validation
What is your idea? Does it stack up? Will it meet the goals you have set for yourself?
Business Model Review
Is your business model the best fit for your business idea? What alternative models exist and how can they be leveraged? What type of entity will you choose?
Business Plan Development
Building the plan to execute on your chosen business idea and implement the model selected.
Business Survival Guide
What are the common reasons that businesses fail? What are the warning signs and what can you do to avoid them?
Finance
Getting the financial basics right and building blocks in place. Understanding funding options.
Compliance & Legal
Working through the legal and compliance elements of starting a business. Supporting you to ensure what you are doing is legally compliant.
Sales & Marketing
Getting your story out there and growing your customer base.
Leveraging Technology
What technology makes sense for your business? What platforms do you need? How can you leverage AI?
People
Engaging the right resources. Hiring and growing a team.
Executing well
Building repeatable customer centric processes to enable you to drive growth.
Flexibility
Content: While the foundations are the same, the execution of each program will vary based on the skills and background of the participant. If you are an accountant starting an online fashion brand you will not need much help with finance. If you are a marketer starting a tech company then Sales and Marketing may already be your strength. Your coach will work with you to identify the areas that need to be focused on.
Business Structure: The word 'Start up' refers to starting something from scratch. Our program can help you with that. You may also look at acquiring an established business. Our program caters for this option as well. We have a module and resources which help you think though what to look for when acquiring an established business underpinned by coaching support.
3. Register Your Interest.
Share a bit of basic information about yourself. We will then get in touch and share some more information with you and answer any questions you might have to help you work out if this program is a good fit for you.
