Workshop outcomes

1. Identify sources of finance

• The entrepreneur as source of finance
• Banks as source of finance
• Private investors as a source of finance
• Public investors as a source of finance
• Other sources to consider

2. Understand how investors evaluate investment opportunities

• Conceptualise business viability and the investor’s interest
• Consider the growth potential of the business
• The influence of collateral on investor decisions
• Risk and return for investors
• The business plan’s role

3. Determine the financial needs of the business

• Optimising capitalisation in a business
• Cash flow management
• Breakeven analysis
• Relevant ratios

4. Understand expansion and business growth and the implications thereof

• Growth management principles for success
• Financing growth

5. Introduction to business valuations

• Asset based
• Earnings based
• Discounting methods