Date |
Session |
Outline |
22 Sep 2006 |
1 |
SME Growth Strategies
(Winston Koh)
The session will review the key aspects of entrepreneurial financing and growth strategies, from the perspective of an entrepreneur looking to build his venture. It will discuss what VCs look for to invest in promising startups, the steps in business forecasting and structuring the business for future growth.
- Common mistakes in building ventures
- Building a pro-forma plan
- What excites a VC
- Identifying growth options in your business
|
29 Sep 2006 |
2 |
Writing Business/Financial Plan to Attract Investors
(Winston Koh)
The session will discuss the key aspects of business plan writing, in preparation for fund raising from a venture capital firm, or for outside investors. The session will also introduce valuation methods commonly used for new ventures.
- Preparing a business plan for the right audience
- Identifying and estimating funding needs
- Scenario analysis
- How VCs value startups
|
6 Oct 2006 |
3 |
Managing Your Cash Flow Effectively
(Adam Wong)
For a new or emerging business, the cash flow management can make the difference between success and failure. For an established business, it can make the difference between growth, stagnation or corporate failure. Good cash flow management enables your firm to budget the cash requirements of the business over a period of time so that your firm won't be forced to resort to unexpected borrowing to meet its liquidity requirements.
- Understanding liquidity management
- Determining the level of cash a business needs
- Components of working capital in the asset conversion cycle
- Impact of terms of trade on cash flow requirements
- Projecting future cash flows
- Cash vs. non-cash requirements
- Growing beyond a firm's financial resources
- Managing overtrading
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13 Oct 2006 |
4 |
Tracking the Financial Health of your Company
(Adam Wong)
Whether your firm is a new entity or an established business preparing for a loan request, it is important to have an insight into the firm's financial situation. Financial indicators help to give you a quick snap shot of your firm's financial position. By monitoring the financial indicators on a regular basis you'll gain insight into how effectively you are managing your business. Lenders also evaluate your firm's financial risks by using several sets of indicators; the better you are at explaining your firm's financial situation to the bank, the better they will understand your business as they make a lending decision.
- General methodology of financial analysis
- Earnings capacity analysis
- Financial health analysis
- Use and limitation of financial ratio analysis
- Limitation of financial statements
- Uncovering creative accounting methods
- Importance of matched funding
- Using models to predict possible corporate failures
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20 Oct 2006 |
5 |
How to Raise Funds to Grow your Business
(Eugene Wong)
The objective of this session and the next are structured to help growing companies identify strategies, trends and capital raising needs from the entrepreneurial and venture capital perspectives. It also provides an overview and insight into the private equity and venture capital industries. Every SME needs to raise capital to achieve their growth strategies and expand their business overseas. Participants will have a better understanding of the fund raising process, methods of structuring deals, due diligence and pitfalls as well as how investors find, evaluate, value and exit their investments.
- Key success factors for new ventures
- Screening and identifying opportunities
- Structuring of an investment deal
- Characteristics of successful deals
- Where to source for funding?
- What to prepare when presenting to potential investors?
- Presenting to investors
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27 Oct 2006 |
6 |
Due Diligence and Pitfalls
(Eugene Wong)
- Major steps in due diligence
- What to look out for when conducting due diligence?
- Mistakes to avoid
- Legal overview and terms of the investments
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