WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES

Implementing essential business systems

Our work with small businesses extends beyond obtaining a certificate of registration and routine compliance to business diagnostics and implementation of the basic systems necessary to run the most critical functions such as accounting and sales. Information asymmetry attributed to incomplete or poor record keeping is cited by financiers as a major constraint to extending the much needed capital to small businesses. Lack of clear and practical sales and marketing plans, strategies and tools limit small businesses’ capacity to develop and achieve business targets.

We work with business owners to set up appropriate accounting, payroll and human resource systems that in addition to supporting compliance requirements are a source of  insights for more informed decision making. Such systems also ensure that the enterprise can reliable generate data and information that is often required by various stakeholders such as  investors, lenders as well as customers. We also diagnose challenges to business development and propose customized solutions effective in driving sales and scaling operations sustainably.

Access to capital is critical for growth of any business. We help entrepreneurs prepare the essential documents required by financiers in assessing the viability of financing proposals.  Last but not least, we provide training that seeks to equip small businesses with the skills necessary to effectively deploy capital raised and to generally adopt sound business practices in their day-to-day operations.