Starting a business is no easy feat, much more than accelerating its growth in a short period of time. Though it is a challenge for many entrepreneurs to speed up their business growth, it is quite achievable, as long as they have the necessary tools and people to help catapult their businesses to greater heights.
Such is the purpose of the quarterly Learning Days that EO Melbourne offers to its members and those in its Accelerator and Key Executive Programs. The Learning Days are part of its Accelerator Program's curriculum, which catalyses first-stage entrepreneurs to propel their businesses to the next level. Materials are available for pre-work and Learning Day proper exercises.
Each Learning Day is centred on a particular topic: Strategy, People, Execution, and Cash.
Recently, EO Melbourne held its Accelerator and Key Executive Learning Day - Strategy, wherein participants learned to create sustainable top-line growth. The keys to this are knowing one’s core customer, having a clear brand promise and developing one’s BHAG® (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) for sustainable revenue growth.
Another Learning Day is coming up in January 2023, which will focus on People. It will enable participants how to become a magnet for A-players who are dedicated to results. Growth companies’ most difficult decisions involve getting the right people in the right seats. One of the big questions is: Is everyone in the company aligned, pulling their weight, and contributing as they should?
The succeeding Learning Day will be on Execution, which allows participants to develop a strategic advantage over their competitors, and on Cash, which will tack on cash acceleration strategies to fuel growth.
Participants of the recent Accelerator and Key Executive Learning Day - Strategy gave positive feedback on the learning event.
“There are great tools for overviewing strategy,” one said. “The organisational checklist was the most useful tool presented today,” a participant commented. “Strategy is, for me, the hardest thing to get started on and get right out of the four focus areas of the scaling-up process,” another remarked. Another participant added, “It gave me a new perspective on some existing thoughts.”
If you want to learn more about EO Melbourne’s Accelerator Program and how to join, you can check out our Accelerator page. On the other hand, only EO Melbourne Members can get their key executives to join the Key Executive Program. Read more about it here.