CREM’s Business Clinic – Knowledge Pack for Successful MSMEs Management
The Centre for Research in Enterprise and Action in Management (CREM), a consulting company with clinical focus on Research and Development, Learning and Development (Training), Business Consulting, Workforce Outsourcing, Entrepreneurship Solutions and Recruitment providing services to organizations and the public sector in Nigeria and West Africa.
Apart from market competition, the vagaries of national economies and other unpredictable factors, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) face a lot of business management and operational challenges. To survive and thrive, they need to constantly innovate, adapt and seek solutions to business challenges.
One of such solutions is the attendance and completion of CREM’s Business Clinic programme which provides tailored expert training, business advisory, and hand-holding opportunity for MSMEs who wish to either start, grow or imbibe business sustainability knowledge.
What is CREM’s Business Clinic all about?
CREM’s Business Clinic is a concept designed specifically to address the challenges that MSMEs face ranging from business registration, financial management, understanding the peculiarities of our business environment, how to use social media to sell to preparing a sales deck. It is a platform where entrepreneurs and business owners can be trained, seek guidance, advice, and support on various aspects of their business operations.
CREM’s Business Clinic offers expert consultations, training, and business development services to help entrepreneurs and small business owners improve on their management skills, increase productivity, profitability, and stay competitive.
The programme offers the following courses:
- Strategies to grow your business,
- How to access loan to build up your business,
- Financial education for MSMEs,
- Selling your business online,
- Business Registration and Tax Management,
- Psychology of doing business,
- HR fundamentals for MSMEs,
- How to prepare a Sales and Marketing pitch, etc.
These courses are delivered by experienced experts from the business world and academia.
Benefits of CREM’s Business Clinic to MSMEs
One of the most significant benefits of CREM’s Business Clinic to MSMEs is that it allows businesses to tap into the expertise of seasoned professionals and consultants with years of experience in their respective fields. These consultants provide fresh perspectives to business challenges, with contemporary insights, guidance and advisory services.
MSMEs can also benefit from the comprehensive nature of CREM’s Business Clinic because it grants them the opportunity of getting practical training and advice on virtually everything related to their businesses, like how to identify new revenue streams, forecasting financial performance, remaining competitive, digitization, innovation, etc.
CREM’s Business Clinic can also be a savior to MSMEs that are struggling to stay afloat in an increasingly competitive market.
They can get guidance on how to:
- manage their finances efficiently,
- boost their marketing programme, and
- streamline their operations.
Other Benefits of CREM’s Business Clinic
1) Networking
This course provides great opportunities to meet other business owners and entrepreneurs in your industry, and to exchange ideas and business cards. This will lead to new partnerships and collaborations down the line.
2) Learning
This course will help you deepen your understanding of business skills or concepts relevant to effectively manage your business, and give you practical advice for improving your own business.
3) Expertise
This course will give you the chance to learn from experts in your industry who have already achieved success. This can be a valuable opportunity to gain insights that might take years to learn on your own.
4) Business growth
The ultimate goal of this course is to help in driving the growth of your business. With the knowledge and inspiration you gain from this course and applying it to your own business, you can take your business to the next level.
5) To stay up-to-date
Business clinics provide market insights and techniques that are relevant to the current trends and practices in the business world. This will help entrepreneurs stay up-to-date with emerging business models and strategies. Overall, enrolling in a business clinic course can be highly beneficial for entrepreneurs looking to acquire knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to run a successful business.
In summary, CREM’s Business Clinic is crucial to the success of MSMEs, especially in these trying times. It is a cost effective strategy that can help businesses address issues that they might not have the expertise or resources to handle independently. So, if you are an MSME, and looking to transform your business, CREM’s Business Clinic can be just the solution you need.
The CREM’s Business Clinic for MSMEs runs for a month in every quarter.
Reach out to us now to get details on how you can participate in the upcoming sessions.