Participant feedback

Approximately 4000 business people have completed the Programs. The vast majority get exceptional value from their investment.

Some comments from our clients

I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and learning process. A practical approach to actually understanding your own business, and would recommend the program to any busy small business operator wanting to work on the business rather than in the business.
Peter Asaros, Austral Pacific Exports. North Fremantle

Like most things in life, to understand the problem is to analyse the situation. The Growth Program has given this company the tools to be more analytical and thereby arrive at solutions. I loved the experience and it broadened our outlook in our dealings with others.
Dick Kolagow, DW Kolagow and Assoc., Burswood.

I had always been told to work on the business not in the business. The growth program helped me realise that this was wrong for me. I love working with clients, this is my key skill. I hate working on the business and that is my key weakness. The program showed me how to move to where the business could run without me. What was the result? I come and go just like a normal staff member and add immense value because I am truly leveraging off my key skills. The staff are happier, the business is stronger and the clients have me back. Where this will take us I can't fully imagine however I will enjoy the ride!!!
Marie White, Sovereign Bridge Capital Group. West Perth.

I have been in business for over 20 years with very little formal education and certainly no business education other than the “School of Hard Knocks”. I’ve known for years that I needed and wanted to gain some form of formal business education, either to tell me I was on the right track or to give me the tools to get on the right track. The Growth Program did that and more. What impressed me the most was that long after the course had finished, I was not forgotten, I was kept in the loop and assistance or advice from the Curtin team was only a phone call away. I strongly recommend the Curtin Entrepreneurship & Business Development Unit.
Chris Godwin, Flowers Design School. Kensington.

Being a business owner is a very isolating experience – you are out there doing it on your own, unsure a lot of the time if what you are doing is right.
The Growth Programme helped us analyse our business and gave us the confidence to look for opportunities in the existing market place and pursue them. During the programme you develop a great network of people and a support system that can direct you to help when you need it. I love our regular get togethers and have learnt so much from our group as well as the presenters who are all business owners themselves - so they know what they are talking about. I would recommend anyone serious about their business - take sometime off from your business and do the Growth Programme.
Michelle McGrath, The Carers. Fremantle.

Strategic Planning, Operational structure, Working on the business, Cash flow forecasting, were all things that I knew successful businesses did but I wasn't. The growth program provided me with the tools I needed and guided me in a simple step by step way to understand & implement these things into my business. The outcome has been massive, less stress, more profit & time for my family.
Michael Cave, Clearpond & Watergarden World. Kewdale.

The Growth Program enlightened me. Amongst other things, it told us what was important to measure in the company and gave us all (management and shareholders) the same set of data to measure our performance on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The banks also loved this and without it I doubt if they would have given us their ongoing support for our growth. We grew in a structured and planned way.
Tony Canci, Freo Machinery. Kwinana.

I have been self employed for 20 years and thought I knew it all. The Growth programme has helped me re focus on my business and helped me re assess just about everything I have done. You meet great people who are all like you - working harder and harder and wondering just where the hell you are going. To me its been an eye opener and a challenge and has helped to make things easier and simpler. If you are in business accept the Growth challenge and you will never look back!
Jeff Hollands, Westcourt Insurance Brokers. East Perh.

The Growth Program is an essential ingredient to taking any growing business to the next level. It is an absolute must for Owner / Managers who are looking to develop themselves both personally & professionally. This course will challenge you, and force you to think outside the square whilst it helps you develop the tools essential to growing your business.
John Mitchell, Total Catering Solutions.

The beauty of the Growth program is that not only do you get to analysis your business and the various components in a practical and thorough way aided by easy to use tools, but also it makes you sit back and look at your business from another angle rather than a purely financial or accountant method of working on your business.
This then enables you to look at the bigger picture as to where you want to position yourself, your company culture and goals that you should prioritize and work towards. Added to this, is the other participants on the program are in a similar position to you experiencing similar issues within their own businesses.
I would thoroughly recommend the Growth program to Small business owners as it has been of great benefit to me and the continued growth to my company.
David Butt, Swift Print & Copy. East Perth.

The “Growth Program” course delivers you the head space to get out of the rut and have a look at other ways to do things. When you think about everything to do with the business in a fresh light, you can stop playing the same old game and really get out in front of the competition. The real value of this approach is that once you work out what you really want, what is unique about your business and the strategies to achieve those goals, the rest is easy!
Troy Ward, Trojan Horse Interiors. Subiaco
For me the Growth program is a journey into understanding, an emotional roller-coaster ride, and a challenge to be met. All in all a fantastic experience with some very positive outcomes for my personal and business growth. The program has everything you need to understand the business you are in, and to make it better.
Pieter Mulder, Leeder Cleaning Services. Armadale.

The Growth Program was an invaluable experience that exposed me to experienced presenters, and participants, who seemed to be talking about my business and the challenges that I and the business faced. They were able to offer their experience as to how I might improve the business, myself and consequently the bottom line. The investment in the course has been repaid many times over.
Keith Jones, Madco Engineering. Henderson.

The growth program was the best business decision I have ever made. It completely changed our direction and I am now working on the business and not in it! I now take extended trips away and I am enjoying being a boss again, just ask my wife and my loyal staff. Some business owners think that they cant afford the time or money to do the program, the fact is they cant afford not to!
Adrian Crook, Pacific Transport. Midland.

The Curtin University "Growth Programme" was the catalyst for great changes in our business life. Some of these changes came from simple "gems of wisdom" which in themselves appear to be self evident but when applied have a profound effect. For example, for us our staff management improved overnight when we applied the concept that you "need to get the right people on the bus - then ensure they are in the right seat (role).” Other changes came from the interaction we had with the other business managers in our group. It was a great opportunity to talk honestly and bounce ideas off peers who share the same problems and pressures. Changes also came from reading the books and hearing visiting speakers. But most importantly change has been due to being introduced to thinking about the whole strategy for business which has lead to thinking outside the square and enabled us to get off the treadmill of coping with interrelated problems that seemed to be insoluble. We have not only improved the business we had but have started the development of whole new business directions. The Curtin University "Growth Program" can't change the necessity for persistence and hard work as an ingredient for success but for us it sure made the light at the end of the tunnel brighter!
Ross Gobby, Timbecon. Bentley.

As a small business operator I am no academic and was a little apprehensive about the course. I can truthfully say there was nothing in the course I could not understand and the benefits to myself and the business has been immeasurable. The Growth Program is exactly what it states; it helped me grow my knowledge and understanding of my business, which in turn helped grow our sales and profit.
Darryl Brissett, Aus-Link WA. Canning Vale.

The Curtin Growth Programme gave me what a hundred self help business books could not. The programme crystallises all the information needed to run a business, step by step, into a particularly easy to comprehend and implement format. Knowledge is a powerful thing, I now have the power to create the business I want.
Mark Smith, Houspect. Mosman Park.

Curtin's Growth Program helped me to focus on the issues critical to the strength of Q-MAC. It has played a significant part in Q-MAC's transition from a small company to a company with a broader base.
Rod Macduff, Q-MAC Electronics. Osborne Park.

It’s been 12 months now since I finished the course. Not a day goes by when I find myself making reference back to something I learnt from the course. This reference could be some small obscure memory or a detailed search through notes and workbooks. I am so happy with investing in the course I am considering which of my staff I should make the same investment in. Well done and thankyou to all the staff at the Growth Program.
Tim Swift, Pipeline Hydraulics. Osborne Park.

The growth program goes further than just sales and profit. It guides each business individually in completing the package required to be successful in today’s business world.
Simon Wheeler, Shell Kelmscott.