We aim to encourage owners of small businesses who currently
are operating without the assistance of a business plan to embrace the
business plan concept in order to both understand and grow their business.
Tradespeople who are apprehensive about starting out on their
own will be encouraged to formulate a business plan in order to foresee what
must be done in order to achieve success, statistics showing that 70% of
small businesses fail within the first twelve months.
Bruce O'Brien, principal of Business Plans
for the Trades is a former bank officer, having 29 years banking
experience, fourteen of those as a hands-on branch manager specialising
in commercial lending.
Bruce has extensive experience in business management principles,
enhanced by formal qualifications. He has been lecturing in 'Small Business
Management' and various other management subjects at Victoria University,
and the Bacchus Marsh Adult Education Centre for over seven years.
A subject close to his heart is 'The Business Plan'.
Bruce's qualifications include, but are not limited to:-
- Graduate Diploma in Administrative Management
- Graduate Certificate in Vocational Education and Training
- Diploma in Management
- Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment
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