What is the Eastside Business
Enterprise Centre (EBEC)?
Eastside BEC has been providing support and mentoring services to small businesses since 1995.
We are proud to be supported by the federal government and sponsoring councils enabling us to provide low cost services to our members.
Details of our low cost services can be found on our members page.
EBEC provides low cost, confidential and independent counselling and advice to small businesses.
EBEC is an independent organisation supported by a unique partnership of Australian and local government together with the corporate sector.
EBEC focuses on the micro and small business sectors, in and around the Eastern suburbs.
EBEC are charged with creating economic development and jobs, through the growth of new and existing businesses.
Where can the Eastside Business
Enterprise Centre Help?
Start-ups
Whether or not to start?
Business plan to ensure financial viability and profit
Marketing Plan to get the best possible return
Legal and licensing requirements
Business Growth
Overcome financial, marketing or operational difficulties
New product or service development
New markets
Networking
Business breakfasts and other functions to build leads and share experiences
Referrals
Local specialist third party providers who will provide advice and assistance to meet specific needs at a subsidised cost
Other Services Include...
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Access to business literature, resources and information
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Seminars, forums and workshops on current business issues
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Information on government programs and grants
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Mentoring
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Link to other business services and trader groups
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Home-based business networks and support
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Newsletter and updates
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Import/export information
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Business incubators to nurture new business in their formative years
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Enterprise education in schools
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Industry clusters
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Sales expansion into interstate markets
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Membership packages
Biz Fast-track Program
Coaching and Mentoring for Start-up businesses
The Eastside BEC Biz Fast-Track Starters program, is a forum for gaining and applying sound start-up and management practices and business skills in your business through the process of business coaching and mentoring.
Group meetings will be facilitated by an experience business coach and consist of 10 people (maximum of 2 participants per business).
The program is ideally suited to anyone who is starting a small business, who wants sound advice and guidance in the start-up process and form strategies and processes to achieve their goals and objectives. The program will cover such topics as:-
· The Business Plan
· Research and viability
· Finances
· Marketing
· Legal requirements and registrations
The program will run for 12 weeks with 6, 3 hour sessions every fortnight. The program will commence in the first week of March. Day and time TBA by selected group depending on availability.
The price of the program is $550 incl. GST per participant.
Members are required to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement prior to commencing the program. We will try where possible to restrict multiple industry activity of businesses within the group.
Come along to hear more about the program, meet the coaches and other possible participants. Attendance to this session does not put you under any obligation although application forms will be available for completion on the night!
Date: Monday 13th February 2012
Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm
RSVP: Friday 10th February 2012
Venue: Eastside BEC Offices
Unit 2, 294 Payneham Road, Payneham
To register for this event please go to – www.mybookingmanager.com/bizfasttrackstarters
