Business owners got together last Thursday at Crombie Lockwood Boardroom in Richmond, for the Financial Awareness workshop, organised by Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce.
Their goal was to get a better understanding of how to manage their businesses and get better results. Manoli Aerakis, from Malloch McClean Tasman, was the workshop’s presenter.
“We are just a small business, and I do everything, from guiding to marketing and financial management, and I found the presentation very clear and simple,” says Lee-Anne Jago, from Waka Abel Tasman.
“Manoli has a great way of visually showing what the reports look like, so it’s much easier to understand. According to Manoli, business owners are able to run smarter and better business.
“Nine times out of ten, business owners fall into business. No one teaches you how to run it. What we are trying to do today is to increase people’s financial awareness of what they should be looking at,” he says.
“If you can think about driving a car, you have a dashboard, you see how fast you are going, how much fuel, and if the car is going to overheat. You need that in your business. Do I have enough sales? Are my people doing well? You need a dashboard to know how well you are going.”
According to Trina Zimmerman, from Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce, this was the first of 16 workshops that are scheduled for this year. Next one will be presented by Ipiphany with the topic ‘Intellectual Property – The Basics’ on 27 August, at 9:30 am, also at Crombie Lockwood Boardroom.