25eight‘s past business growth, digital & innovation programs

Some of our past programs

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Defence Business Accelerator

The Defence Business Accelerator ensures you can effectively demonstrate the value of your offerings in any situation, whether pitching to prospects, partners or through your marketing activities.

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Business Expansion Program

12 weeks of targeted education, coaching and mentoring to make your expansion aspirations a reality. Ensure your investment to expand your business into new markets is a success through this 12 week program.

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Highly personalised, defence-specific training that helps you optimise your opportunities when attending or exhibiting at domestic and international trade shows. Make your next trade show the best yet.

Trade Event Ready - Defence Industry

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Micro MBA for small and medium business

Master your business strategy and your business in this highly personalised program designed to help you save time, overcome your challenges and give you the skills to adapt to evolving markets.

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Innovation Program for SMEs

This program will build your innovation capabilities and confidence as well as develop your understanding and use of modern tools and frameworks. You will adopt new practices and mindsets to help you master innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

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All Business Growth & Innovation Programs

25eight predominantly works in partnership with organisations to design and deliver a targeted impact measured program that helps their business communities. See all of the options available for business here.

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25eight’s has been delivering pitch training since its inception and whilst we focus on getting the ‘fit’ right before we do anything else, we also use a great framework to help you tell your story. You can learn how to do that with this.

Six Pillars of Pitching

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Small Business Accelerator

12 weeks of targeted training, coaching and mentoring to accelerate your small business. For those who dream of getting off the hamster wheel, getting time to work on the business and find balance whilst growing.

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‘Innovate’ Business Growth Program

Our award nominated business growth program took our successful formula to a group of motivated business owners in City of Wyndham. The addition of community and regular group coaching created amazing results for every participant.

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Trade Event Ready Program

In partnership with the Australian Defence Export Office, for four years 25eight delivered the TER to over 500 Australian businesses to help them best present their business at international trade events.

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Digital Support Program for Business

In partnership with Colac Otway Shire Council and on behalf of the Regional Growth Fund, 25eight delivered a 2 x 12 week business support program to increase participation in the digital economy for small business.

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The Startup Marketing Program

Funded by LaunchVic over 12 months The Startup Marketing Program supported 100 Victorian Startups through a series of programs delivered throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria.

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ICN Industry Growth Program

Latrobe City Council Next-Level Growth Program

Next-Level Growth Program

Designed exclusively for Industry Capability Network subscribers, this 12 week program provided targeted support to helps SMEs expand into new markets. Through a comprehensive diagnostic, education and expert coaching and connections to Industry, participants built awareness for their business whilst getting invaluable feedback and guidance, accelerating their progress.

This version of 25eight’s award nominated program aimed to uplift small and medium sized business in a region experiencing market changes and transitions. This program is being run alongside the Latrobe City Council Industry Growth Program to ensure all size of businesses are supported during this time.

The impact achieved from the first delivery of the Next-Level Growth Program on behalf of our partner, City of Whittlesea, was part of the award application to Economic Development Australia. With a completion rate above 80% and an World Class NPS as well as 100% rate in skill acquisition, this cost effective program strengthened the local ecosystem. This has since been replicated in City of Ballarat for two more cohorts.

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