How to Finance a High Growth Business

Having the right finance in place is essential if your business is to develop. Developing new products or approaching new markets can require significant investment before sales income starts to flow. Even then, as turnover increases, so does the amount of finance tied up in working capital. Without adequate financing, your growth potential will be constrained.

To read more, click here

Guide to Raising Business Finance

Raising finance for your business may be one of the more challenging things you'll do in life. The process often will take much longer than many entrepreneurs realise and the most challenging and time consuming part is getting from a yes to the day when you receive the actual money. The following are general options for raising finance. You don’t necessarily have to use only one or the other. Most often sources can be used as a combination to complement one another.

To read more, click here

 An Introduction to Patents for Small and Medium-sized Businesses

In the knowledge economy of today, the patent strategy of an innovative business should be a key factor in its business strategy. This guide explains in a simple and practical way the business benefits of the patent system for all types of enterprises. While readers are advised to consult a patent expert when seeking to protect, exploit or enforce a patent, the guide provides practical information intended to help readers to understand the basics and to be able to ask the right questions while consulting an expert on patent matters.

To read more, click here

An Introduction to Copyright for Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Traditionally, businesses involved in printing, publishing, music and audiovisual creations (film and TV); advertising, communication and marketing; crafts, visual and performing arts; design and fashion;and broadcasting depend on copyright and related rights. Over the last two decades, software, multimedia, and, in fact, all digital content-driven industries, whether on the Internet or not, have also come to rely on effective copyright protection, especially as a revolution is underway in digital entertainment and marketing. As a result, in a typical business day, a businessperson or employees of most businesses are likely to create or use materials that are protected by copyright and related rights.

To read more, click here

Dealing with Business Growth Issues

The best businesses succeed not just because they have a great idea or a great team, but also because they have an organised structure which is in the control of management rather than the other way around. This article highlights some of the key structural issues to consider that will alleviate growing pains.

To read more, click here

Dealing with Early Stage Business Growth

Growing a business isn’t easy. For the last two decades we have worked with nearly 1,000 ownermanagers and their businesses. Many have gone on to create significant enterprises. Some have sold out for seven-figure sums. They come from all walks of business life, but they have one thing in common. They have managed to confront and overcome the classic obstacles to growth.
 

To read more, click here