TAFE Queensland Small Business Solutions is designed to enhance the business skills, profitability and growth of small businesses. It provides small business owners with the opportunity to get real business assistance from accredited industry professionals.
Small Business Solutions is the first government subsidised initiative of its kind, making it affordable and accessible to small businesses across Queensland.
The mentors are qualified industry professionals with a proven track record in owning and managing successful small businesses of their own. All mentors have been meticulously selected and have been extensively trained on the proven Small Business Solutions diagnostic process; a structured, consistent approach that gets results.
Each small business is aligned with a mentor who is an active entrepreneur operating their own successful business and who is also a certified vocational education assessor.
The mentor then presents a series of workshops to facilitate learners to work through an individualised business plan, establish key performance indicators (KPIs) across marketing, digital strategies, risk management, finances and customer strategies and other relevant matters. Following the workshops the mentor provides on-going support to each learner.
Small Business Solutions offer customised programs for immediate, practical application in a small business, and is :
– Financially and regionally accessible,
– Provides specialist services for clients from culturally diverse or disadvantaged backgrounds,
– Upon completion, confers a nationally recognised high level Vocational Education and Training qualification.
Small Business Solutions is the where small business owners can engage in a genuine training partnership, where mentoring provides direct business solutions and immediate productivity gains, which also is: affordable; geographically accessible; Specialist services are also offered to accommodate a diverse range of demographic profiles including Indigenous, non-English speaking, low income, women, and rural and remote community groups. The cumulative effect of this approach is to deepen the pool of business qualifications and strategic management skills within the small business sector in Queensland.
