Support for small growing businesses
Irwin Grayson Associates assists organisations who wish to support new, emerging and growing businesses. This can include undertaking
strategic reviews and feasibility studies, writing business plans, assisting with implementation and providing technical assistance,
training and mentoring to staff once initiatives have been created.
David undertook a preliminary study, then a detailed feasibility study, then wrote a business plan and then supported for four years the Abuja Enterprise Agency, Nigeria, 2003-2007.
He undertakes feasibility studies for incubator and managed workspace He undertakes studies on finance for SMEs
Promoting Regional Opportunities for Investment & Trade (PROFIT) started in August 2020 and
launched at the end of October that year. It was an initiative of the Asian Development Bank to encourage
and promote growth in trade and investment between India and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS, and which
for the purposes of this project they defined as Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand). ADB awarded a contract to
a partnership comprising IMC Worldwide (now subsumed into DT Global),
Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry
and ASSIST Asia. I acted as team leader. We developed an 'acceleration service'
targeted at SMEs, that is, a programme of support designed to help businesses start or expand international
trade activities more quickly (and we hoped more successfully) than they would have done if there had been no
help available. The programme was especially challenging as it was implemented during the covid pandemic.
Nevertheless, it achieved all its targets before coming to a conclusion in February 2022.
The final report provides a description of the programme and the lessons. BCCI and ASSIST continue to offer some support: details are available from them directly.
David undertook a preliminary study, then a detailed feasibility study, then wrote a business plan and then supported for four years the Abuja Enterprise Agency, Nigeria, 2003-2007.
He undertakes feasibility studies for incubator and managed workspace He undertakes studies on finance for SMEs
PROFIT (2020-2022)
The final report provides a description of the programme and the lessons. BCCI and ASSIST continue to offer some support: details are available from them directly.
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