Having a good product or idea is not enough to succeed in our modern, fast moving and competitive world.
Whether you operate a startup business or one that has been running for some time, there are a range of services which Corporate Outcomes Group can provide to help secure and maximise the future of your business. This may start with an analysis of a new business opportunity, or extension of opportunities in existing markets. Our analytical tools help to provide you with a disparate and rational evaluation model to help you to determine the true potential of your business idea.
There are many factors which make up a successful business, and starting with the right disciplines early is key to success. For example, taking action to protect the physical and intellectual aspects of your product or service can safeguard competitive threats down the track. Equally, knowing your market and potential customers is fundamental to achieving distribution goals.
Corporate Outcomes Group can help you with the right planning tools to map out your future. Having planned your successful business will take you a long way in actually achieving your goals and maximizing the potential commercialization of your venture.
Our services include:
Opportunity evaluation* Barriers to entry/first to market analysis Intellectual property Patents Trade marks Copyrights Registered designs Focus groups Coaching + mentoring SWOT analysis* Start up business plan Financial modeling + forecasting Break even analysis
Commercialisation services are also found throughout our range of services listed on the left.
* Company prepared proprietary IT products are used as analytical tools with these services.
If you wish to to discuss our entreprenership, innovation and commercialisation services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Strategic Planning
Most business owners know they need a business plan, however it is common for the document to become the focus rather than the actual business outcomes needed to achieve the owners goals.
This is why we at Corporate Outcomes Group start by helping clients identify all the stakeholders in the business, from clients to suppliers and government regulators, to ensure all bases are covered. We help owners to tie in to their business plan the factors that really set the business apart from competitors, and ensure that the plan protects and develops these key differentiators.
A business plan needs to be a living document which provides a real roadmap of actionable items for everyone involved in achieving the goals set. Corporate Outcomes Group provides clients with the tools and know how to produce such a plan with deliverable results, and in an acceptable timeframe.
Our services include:
Stakeholder identification Differentiation Sustainable competitive advantage Strategic factors Strategy development Determination of objectives Risk assessment and mitigation Finical modeling Feasibility studies Clear writing Operational plans Team plans Share and business valuations Incorporations/re-constructions Research and internet based research
Each year we schedule and manage The Strategy Game, a competition in managing a multi-million fictitious enterptise over a number of years. Teams may be from within an organization, on a state by state basis or international. Led by Dr Kenneth Preiss, our highly experienced team members provide session by session tuition in strategic planning and thinking. Each session represents one year, and after tuition, teams submit their plans, which are then assessed by our computerized simulator. Teams are ranked on their progress. The Game runs for a number of weeks, or can be condensed into a shorter timeframe, such as a retreat or live in workshop.
If you wish to to discuss our strategic planning services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Every business tells a story! To make sure your business tells the story you want it to, when you want it to, takes care, focus and communication skills. It is sadly a discipline that is so often lacking or overlooked in the way businesses are run, whether they are large or small.
Each piece of business communication - brochures and product packaging, business signage, imagery and advertising, customer and investor presentations - needs to be consistent and reflect the right image. This is where Corporate Outcomes Group can help, as we recognize business owners often dont have the background or training to be communications experts themselves.
We can provide you with an audit of your current corporate presentation. We can assist with media relations training, which so often becomes needed when it is too late! Being prepared is as important for unexpected events such as an opportunity for good or bad publicity, as it is for preplanned customer presentations.
Our services include:
Clear writing Write less, say more! Shareholder relations Presentation skills training/media relations Investor relations PR Newsletters and eNews Database services for distribution Document graphics design and layout Offer documents, prospectuses etc
If you wish to to discuss our communications, investor relations or issues management services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Management Consulting, Coaching + Mentoring
You cant manage what you cant measure. This might be an old saying, but it couldnt be more true than in the modern business world. So often it is easy to be totally consumed running the business or one aspect of it to the detriment of longer term fundamentals.
These might range from business issues such as competitor or client intelligence, to financial predictive tools, to human relations management. What disciplines do you have in place to monitor and predict competitor behaviour? When was the business subject to a financial stress test? How current are your HR practices and performance/reward management?
Corporate Outcomes Group can deliver expertise in a wide range of areas that will facilitate professional outcomes. We provide the tools you can use to fix management problems or issues you are dealing with now, or to address weaknesses in the ongoing management of some of these areas.
Our services include:
Business intelligence Data mining Analytics Forensic investigations Asset tracking Feasibility studies Corporate facilitation Change management Training and development Financial stress management Business planning Monitoring the strategic business plan IT systems, infrastructure, programming, databases and websites. HR management Executive search The effective board Balanced board Position description/job specification KPI Database search finding the person Performance assessment Remuneration packaging Employment contracts ESOPs Search services for: o Chair o Executive directors o Non executive directors o Company secretary o CEO o CFO o COO o CIO o Accountants o Business development manager o General manager
Directors Duties, Responsibilities and Governance workshop Shareholder disputes Buy/Sell insurance arrangements Key person insurance arrangements
If you wish to to discuss our management consulting, coaching or mentoring services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Raising Capital + Governance
Raising equity capital keeps you in control of your business. You dont have to mortgage your house. Investors dont expect dividends until the time is right.
Corporate Outcomes Group specialises in fast equity raisings for start-ups and emerging, high-growth small businesses. We are an accredited member of the Australian Small Scale Offering Board (ASSOB). Our clients have access to the cheap and fast capital raising options of Section 708 of the Corporations Act. There is no need for expensive and time-consuming disclosure documentation such as a prospectus. You can use s708 independently, but working with Corporate Outcomes provides additional key benefits:
ASSOB members can raise $5m under s708; we are not limited to $2m
ASSOB offers a secondary board to help your shareholders sell to third parties
ASSOB members can market your investment to introduce potential investors. Self-standing s708 offers cannot be publicised by law.
Our expert knowledge. Under s708, the law provides overwhelming protection for aggrieved investors. Fund raisers can easily make mistakes leading to ASIC fines and even compulsory liquidation.
The Corporate Outcomes Group has experience in raising capital via ordinary shares and by specialised securities, such as unsecured notes, convertible notes and preference shares. We can tailor a capital structure for specific situations. We have raised funds from small amounts up to $200m. We have taken clients to listings. We have prepared disclosure documents for those clients which have grown beyond s708. But for emerging firms, S 708 is a powerful way to grow.
Before investors risk a minority share, they need to be very convinced of your barriers to entry, your go-to-market plan, the strength of your Board, your key people, and your exit strategy. Corporate Outcomes has the experience and skills to help you develop a complete and compelling investment opportunity.
If you wish to to discuss our capital raising or governance services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Whether you are looking to buy a competitor or divest part or all of the existing business, Corporate Outcomes Group can provide you with the services to optimize the result. Often such opportunities arise from unplanned or unexpected quarters, and you need to know who to turn to in order to respond in the right timeframe.
For example, you may have a clear strategy to buy out a competitor. While you may know them well, what planning do you need to undertake to prepare to make an offer, and more importantly what do you do if you are successful? Corporate Outcomes Group can assist from early stage identification of potential acquisition targets, to financial assessment and synergy analysis, to integration of the combined businesses.
Should you be planning divestment of part or all of the existing business, we can help you to plan the exit in an orderly manner. This might be by providing existing shareholders in an unlisted public company to have a facility to trade their shares, which we can do through the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board. You may be looking to prepare the business for a listing on a suitable stock exchange, or targeting a potential trade sale of the entire company.
Our services include:
Target identification Target analysis and investigation Synergism analysis Strategy determination Integrations systems, personnel, reporting Change management A workshop in Exits
If you wish to to discuss our mergers, acquisitions, divestments or exit services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Cran + Co Accountants + Business Advisors
Cran + Co was established in 1974, growing to become the second largest sole practitioner Chartered Accountancy practice in Victoria. It was subsequently sold, and now we have revived the business name to reflect the skills and service quality of the original firm.
Through Cran + Co we do not offer some of the traditional accountancy services, but rather focus on the specific needs of emerging small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as listed and unlisted public companies. We provide flexibility and a project management orientation to short, medium or long-term assignments.
Services offered range from financial modeling, feasibility studies and monthly/quarterly accounts preparation to budgets and forecasts. We can also provide assistance for companies looking to change their accounting systems and software, where making the right choices can be critical to the ongoing operations of the business.
Cran + Co can help with corporate governance and compliance issues, including matters regarding directors duties and responsibilities. We provide an interim CFO or Company Secretary service where required.
Our services include:
Preparation for audit Annual report preparation* General and annual general meetings* Directors duties and responsibilities* Your company secretary Monthly accounts preparations + reporting with BankLink services* Preparation of financial statements Budgets, forecasts, cash flow preparation Break-even analysis Costing systems/product costing Interim o CFO o Accountant o Company secretary services Financial modeling Feasibilities Accounting systems and software selection Budgetary control Company secretarial and corporate governance services* Succession planning
*Package services
If you wish to to discuss our accouting or business advisory services further, please contact us or call us on +61 3 9682 4139.
Having a good product or idea is not enough to succeed in our modern, fast moving and competitive world.
Most business owners know they need a business plan, however it is common for the document to become the focus rather than the actual business outcomes needed to achieve the owners goals.
Every business tells a story! To make sure your business tells the story you want it to, when you want it to, takes care, focus and communication skills. It is sadly a discipline that is so often lacking or overlooked in the way businesses are run, whether they are large or small.
You cant manage what you cant measure. This might be an old saying, but it couldnt be more true than in the modern business world. So often it is easy to be totally consumed running the business or one aspect of it to the detriment of longer term fundamentals.
Whether you are looking to buy a competitor or divest part or all of the existing business, Corporate Outcomes Group can provide you with the services to optimize the result. Often such opportunities arise from unplanned or unexpected quarters, and you need to know who to turn to in order to respond in the right timeframe.
Cran + Co was established in 1974, growing to become the second largest sole practitioner Chartered Accountancy practice in Victoria. It was subsequently sold, and now we have revived the business name to reflect the skills and service quality of the original firm.
Services offered range from financial modeling, feasibility studies and monthly/quarterly accounts preparation to budgets and forecasts. We can also provide assistance for companies looking to change their accounting systems and software, where making the right choices can be critical to the ongoing operations of the business.
