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Scaling Micro Businesses Through Operational Excellence
Learn and Discover How to Grow Your Micro Enterprise
Introduction
I became bankrupt from starting a micro business. Growing a micro business is my happiest hobby.
After over 14 years of professional career in Accounting and Finance management and having worked with the best corporates and international NGOs in Kenya like Aga Khan Hospital, and Elizabeth Glacier Pediatric Aids Foundation, I decided to quit and start my own business.
Five years into that daring adventure, I never thought how a grocery business person would seem to become my only employer. The following five years saw me lost everything through losses and auctioneers recovering loans that I was servicing when I was employed. I lost all my corporate networks and found myself building networks from the most fragmented economy- Trolley carriers, Matatu stage people, and others.
During the same five years I started and ran over Four businesses which include Matatu management Sacco- twice, Taxi services, groceries for delivery. At the bottom of it only a plate of super mattered and bus fare. On the other hand, there is something very special that happened to me during that same period. I learned a lot about why a grocery business remains afloat whereas many other big businesses went under and exited. I also learned why many micro businesses remained one-man businesses and stagnated for years whereas other few once grew and joined the great league of SME
I learned the art of learning and discovering how to grow your micro business. Many microbusinesses have led owners into depression, lifestyle diseases, and uncontrollable uncertainties due to the effort they have put into trying to save those businesses for years.
Five years into that daring adventure, I never thought how a grocery business person would seem to become my only employer. The following five years saw me lost everything through losses and auctioneers recovering loans that I was servicing when I was employed. I lost all my corporate networks and found myself building networks from the most fragmented economy- Trolley carriers, Matatu stage people, and others.
During the same five years I started and ran over Four businesses which include Matatu management Sacco- twice, Taxi services, groceries for delivery. At the bottom of it only a plate of super mattered and bus fare. On the other hand, there is something very special that happened to me during that same period. I learned a lot about why a grocery business remains afloat whereas many other big businesses went under and exited. I also learned why many micro businesses remained one-man businesses and stagnated for years whereas other few once grew and joined the great league of SME
I learned the art of learning and discovering how to grow your micro business. Many microbusinesses have led owners into depression, lifestyle diseases, and uncontrollable uncertainties due to the effort they have put into trying to save those businesses for years.
From borrowing business money from Shylocks, unstable business environments, customer competition. Micro businesses basically are run on totally unreliable system to guarantee growth and sustainability.
Owners of the said businesses live to be the only pillar through their blood until they get old beyond the inability to work and their businesses die at that.
Again I learned that every business is scalable if only owners are ready to learn and discover how to scale their micro-enterprises.
Most micro-businesses have fewer than six people have low startup costs, are under $50,000, and most likely don’t require any business loans. Small businesses usually have around five employees and can also have as many as five hundred employees. A side hustle is a micro-business that you run on the side because you have a full-time job or are a student.
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The World Bank estimates that small businesses represent 90% of all businesses, and according to MasterCard, Sub-Saharan Africa alone has 44 million micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
LEARN. DISCOVER.GROW
We train you on pillars that will support the growth of your micro-business
This is our social responsibility effort to ensure that as we build our day-to-day businesses we can share some skills we have learned to ensure your micro business also grows and becomes sustainable.
Welcome and Register for Our Free Small Scale Business Growth program.
The Training Scope;
A. Introduction to Business Making
i. Understand the difference between self-employment and entrepreneurship
ii. Who are you in the business you are doing
iii. Define your business as the Goose that lays golden eggs
i. Understand the difference between self-employment and entrepreneurship
ii. Who are you in the business you are doing
iii. Define your business as the Goose that lays golden eggs
B. Art of Starting Small
i. How did you start your business
ii. Why did you start your business
iii. Understand the power of learning from daily micro activities of your micro business
iv. Mind shift and setting yourself as a business maker of the future
C. Building Supportive Pillars of Your Micro Enterprise
i. What are pillars of business- taking care of the Goose that lays Golden Eggs
ii. Business planning- Business design and relying on right information
iii. Effective communication and negotiations – Building trust through communications
iv. Your business networks helpful people. Where do you tap knowledge from
v. Power of continuously learning-developing leadership skills as a resource
vi. The art of Marketing, sales, and retaining customers- working with remarkable products and services
vii. Community support- Role of your business within the community. Social capital. Building a trusted community.
viii. Business MOAT- Competitive advantage
ix. Finance management – Business money, Ledger, Profit and Loss
x. Staff management- Working with the right team, clear delegation, leadership
xi. Business processes-Customer value processes
xii. Business Revie and performance monitoring-Engaging professionals and using of right data for the right feedback
xiii. Stress, personal health management, and dispute or problem resolution- Taking care of yourself for sustainability
D. Scaling Your Micro Enterprise
i. Learning how to plan for growth and expansion- Growth is a journey, not an overnight decision of deals
ii. Executive steps for growth
iii. Understanding the future of your business- Is your business sustainable
iv. What is your hobby- What do you love doing when not in your business? How can you use it to create sustainability for the business?
E. Power of Technology To Create Opportunity and Grow Your Micro Business
i. Understanding the digital world and economy
ii. How to position your business to benefit from the growing power of technology
i. How did you start your business
ii. Why did you start your business
iii. Understand the power of learning from daily micro activities of your micro business
iv. Mind shift and setting yourself as a business maker of the future
C. Building Supportive Pillars of Your Micro Enterprise
i. What are pillars of business- taking care of the Goose that lays Golden Eggs
ii. Business planning- Business design and relying on right information
iii. Effective communication and negotiations – Building trust through communications
iv. Your business networks helpful people. Where do you tap knowledge from
v. Power of continuously learning-developing leadership skills as a resource
vi. The art of Marketing, sales, and retaining customers- working with remarkable products and services
vii. Community support- Role of your business within the community. Social capital. Building a trusted community.
viii. Business MOAT- Competitive advantage
ix. Finance management – Business money, Ledger, Profit and Loss
x. Staff management- Working with the right team, clear delegation, leadership
xi. Business processes-Customer value processes
xii. Business Revie and performance monitoring-Engaging professionals and using of right data for the right feedback
xiii. Stress, personal health management, and dispute or problem resolution- Taking care of yourself for sustainability
D. Scaling Your Micro Enterprise
i. Learning how to plan for growth and expansion- Growth is a journey, not an overnight decision of deals
ii. Executive steps for growth
iii. Understanding the future of your business- Is your business sustainable
iv. What is your hobby- What do you love doing when not in your business? How can you use it to create sustainability for the business?
E. Power of Technology To Create Opportunity and Grow Your Micro Business
i. Understanding the digital world and economy
ii. How to position your business to benefit from the growing power of technology
METHODOLGY
You get a certificate of participation after you prove your commitment to growing your micro business by attending set sessions as per the below trainer submission.
You will also get a free Action Point Monitoring tool after you qualify.
Mode of program administration
i. Session One – Physical training = 3hrs; Rating of trainees out of 10 on each item
ii. Session Two – Physical training = Each trainee makes a presentation, 7 minutes on how they have been able to apply in their businesses; Rating of trainees out of 10 on each item
iii. Session Three – Physical business visit to witness business making and applicability; Rating of trainees out of 10 on each item
iv. Trainees develop an action point matrix based on all items learned to enable execution and actualize it in their business.
ii. Session Two – Physical training = Each trainee makes a presentation, 7 minutes on how they have been able to apply in their businesses; Rating of trainees out of 10 on each item
iii. Session Three – Physical business visit to witness business making and applicability; Rating of trainees out of 10 on each item
iv. Trainees develop an action point matrix based on all items learned to enable execution and actualize it in their business.
TRAINER SUBMISSION:
AVERAGE TOTAL = (Total each level divide by 27 then divide by 3) =………………………
(Rating above 5 to proceed next Level. Below 5 to repeat)
TRAINER COMMENT= Level One: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
TRAINER COMMENT =Level Two …………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
TRAINER COMMENT =Field Session …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
TRAINEE COMMENT: ………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………….…………………………………
TRAINER NAME:………………………………SIGN……………………….DATE………….
TRAINEE NAME: ……………………………….SIGN……………………….DATE…………
AVERAGE TOTAL = (Total each level divide by 27 then divide by 3) =………………………
(Rating above 5 to proceed next Level. Below 5 to repeat)
TRAINER COMMENT= Level One: ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….
TRAINER COMMENT =Level Two …………………………………………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
TRAINER COMMENT =Field Session …………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
TRAINEE COMMENT: ………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………….…………………………………
TRAINER NAME:………………………………SIGN……………………….DATE………….
TRAINEE NAME: ……………………………….SIGN……………………….DATE…………
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