Real Seminars is different because we ask our delegates to choose what they want to hear about. This means we can stay reactive to what businesses really want to hear about.
So this is your chance to have your say! Choose from the following topics and if you want to suggest possible topics or even speakers then post it in the comment box below
Send this page link onto your colleagues, clients and associates to let them have their say!
We will close the voting on March 31st so be quick.
THIS WEEK WE ARE ASKING: What will business look like in 2010?
Give us an idea of what you can showcase too… if you have a great case study that solved a business problem (no product promotion please) then let us know by contacting vicky@spotonec.com
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Speaking as a small business owner I have to say that it will be good to hear the views of people who have been in my shoes. We all face similar issues when growing a business and first hand experiences and tips from the people at the top of the game are always worth paying attention to. Well done for setting these up!
Growing the business is the biggest concern for myself at the moment. How to do it with no capital to invest would be a dream! Now there’s a topic!
Vicky, I’d love to see a seminar on how to differentiate your business from your competitors. Most businesses starting out will find themselves in a market that’s likely to have players already in it (unless they’re very lucky!). How do you make sure your business has the edge over everyone else…
HI Vicky,
I think the comment ‘how to differentiate your business in a competitive mkt’ is a good topic – this brings in: product/service Innovation (incremental/breakthrough) to gain profitable competitive edge (& avoid price/margin erosion), leveraging market share/uptake/TTM with IP (patents/licensing/collaboration), and how to use brand-building to leverage the core customer-values in business models.
Also, in view of the previous seminar statements re: 1in 10 products/project achieve their expectations – there is an issue of risk reduction (how to prove demand v price points) for the product/service gap identified.
Kind Regards,
John Dabbs
Many people set up their business with a dream to achieve a little more freedom of choice – the freedom to choose to spend their time as they wish outside of the dictates of others, amongst other things; but then spend all their time working “in” their business and suffering the chains of interminable hours in the minutiae of business that should be done by others or, worse, isn’t done at all.
Or, worse yet, it isn’t being done at all. You can’t grow a company that way.
Most of the business people I have the pleasure of meeting work very hard indeed, and would prefer a little more time to themselves or with their families and friends, or to step back and take a more strategic view of their business.
It would be interesting to hear from people who have designed their business around their own lives rather than the other way around. People who have ‘E-Mythed their business” and built internal systems that control processes as they do in a franchise operation, so that results are predictable … and that free them to be more productive.
Good luck with your plans … great idea!