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Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) - business fact sheets
AbaF’s business fact sheets summarise the steps involved in developing a business plan.
— www.abaf.org.au
Business Point - planning your business
Business Point provides information on planning a new business and helps to answer
questions such as are you ready to start a business? What do you need to do first? Do
you know your market? How do you create a business plan?
— www.development.tas.gov.au/business/business_point
The Creative Business Toolbox - business planning
The Creative Business Toolbox has excellent resources for business planning, including
plan templates, executive summary proformas and information on business success.
— www.arts.qld.gov.au/publications/resources/index.html
Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC)
The CIIC helps small and medium enterprises in the creative industries improve their
operations, productivity and competitiveness by providing professional business advisory
and development services.
— www.enterpriseconnect.gov.au
Management Help - business planning
Management Help offers information and templates which provide the basic guidelines for
a successful planning process.
— www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/gen_plan/gen_plan.htm
Mind Tools - SWOT analysis
SWOT analysis is an effective technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses,
and for looking at the opportunities and threats you may face.
— www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_05.htm
NSW Small Business - starting in business
The NSW Small Business website provides advice and information on business planning,
finance, insurance and taxation.
— www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au/start
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Budgeting / finance
A well developed budget is an important tool in your overall planning. A good
budget will help you to fully understand and manage your income and expenditure.
What is the main source of your income? Should you be finding new sources of
income? Are you spending more than you thought and didn’t realise your risk
going into debt? Before organising a budget, you will need to have a clear idea
about the goals of your business or organisation. Are you looking to sustain your
practice in full? Are you a not-for-profit organisation that is not motivated by
the delivery of a surplus at the end of the year? There are many different reasons a
business or organisation exists, your budget will reflect this. In a rapidly changing
financial climate, having a full understanding of your financial position is essential
for a strong and stable arts business and will help prevent unexpected surprises.
Business Point - financial calculators
Business Point provides access financial calculators, including a break-even calculator, financial
strengths and weaknesses ratio analysis tool, profit calculator and cash gap analysis tool.
— www.development.tas.gov.au/business/business_templates
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