Unlocking Growth Masterclass Series
Real world insights on how to drive the growth and value of your business
As owners of growing companies we often face challenges we haven’t seen before, or we feel like we have outgrown a supplier, or we feel stuck or have hit a brick wall but can’t put a finger on why.

Unlocking Growth Masterclasses are designed to help you look at your business differently and unlock growth.

These masterclasses –

- Are for the owners and leaders of emerging growth companies (growing from 10 to 100 plus people).
- Are hosted by Ben Marris and run by real world experts that are trusted and that work with real growth companies like yours.
- Are a NO SALES environment – by workshop hosts or attendees.
- Limited to 8 to 12 companies per masterclass so that you can share and dig deep on challenges in the room. (if we have the demand we will put on additional masterclasses)

This is a chance to get out of your business for a few hours and challenge yourself. We invite up to two people from each company so you can bring a partner or senior leader to work with you on the business.

The price is $400 plus GST per company. If you do not feel the workshop has delivered the value outlined there is a money back guarantee.

Any questions please feel free to touch base with Ben Marris on [email protected], call on 027 47 99950 or message on LinkedIn.

Here is what we have coming up....
The Replicator Challenge in an AI World  with putti 
Taking a fresh look at how you build digital systems that allow you to scale your business at pace (or at least ensure the wheels don't fall off)
This Unlocking Growth Masterclass is all about understanding the best way to operationally scale you business, build business value and stay relevant in a world of AI.

Bruce Howe and the team at putti are experts simplifying the complex. They specialise on helping business owners understand how to build digital systems that solve business problems, and increasingly are helping businesses reposition to take advantage of AI a fast moving world

This workshop will give you a fresh insight into how you look at solving your scale problem, and how the solution can drive growth and business value.
Date & Time
21 May 2024,
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM
Line of Sight with Leigh Paulden 
How do you scale by driving compounding revenue growth and generating the cash required to keep on going?
This Unlocking Growth Masterclass is all about understanding the best way to operationally scale you business - and build in value at the same time..

25% compounding growth does not sound like much. But in 10 years your business will be 10 times the size it is now. So how do you do that for your business?

This workshop will provide you with your Line of Sight and the tools you need to scale at pace using cashflow. Leigh will show you what you need so that you can start executing on immediately.
Date & Time
28 May 2024,
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM
Secret Formulas for Scaling Growth with D/srupt 
There are eight broad approaches to scaling a business and five different growth journeys to get there, which one should you choose?
This Unlocking Growth Masterclass is all about understanding the best path to build your business.

Debbie Humphrey and the team from D/srupt specialise in scanning the market to understand the approach that works best for you, and then identifies the strategy or best strategies to get there. They are your growth navigators.

This workshop will give you frameworks and tools to start making smart choices to scale
Date & Time
18 June 2024,
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM
People Stages Of Growth with Sprout People
How to navigate growing numbers of staff and what it means for the role of managers and the owner
This Unlocking Growth Masterclass is all about humans. As you put more in a business the way you structure and operate your business has to change., and so does your role as an owner. This happens in stages at roughly 10 then, 20 then, 50 then, 100 people.

Brien Keegan and the team at Sprout People work with owners to understand what people ‘stage’ your business is at and plan to optimise the stage and/or prepare for the next one. They specialise in fast growing businesses that keep on adding people, and businesses where the owner has got to a point they feel ‘stuck’ (or are falling out of love with the business) and can’t put their finger on why.

This workshop will provide you with a clear map of the people stages, where you are now, and what you want to be thinking about over the next year or two
Date & Time
25 June 2024,
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM
Building True Business Value with Intrinsika
Everything you have heard about building business value is wrong, and so is your Accountant
This Unlocking Growth Masterclass is all about building real business value.

Most of us know that ‘intangible assets’ make up a big part of the value of our businesses. They can potentially account for most of our company worth. But what really matters is understanding what the key 1% is that really determines our value and helps us grow.

Intrinsika works with companies to highlight those critical intrinsic assets that distinguish you from the competition and that drive the growth and value for your company. Michael Masterson will look at how we figure out your ‘magic 1%’, what strategies will unlock value in your business and what you need to protect. This will be an interactive, challenging and fun look at your business from a completely different perspective.

This workshop will help you gain an insight into what does or could make your business more valuable, and how to protect and grow it.
Date & Time
23 July 2024,
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM
Advice, Advancing and Accountability with Faraday
Have you been told you need a board? You probably don't. But you might want to access the right people and support to take the business forward and hold you to account? So what could that look like?
This Unlocking Growth Masterclass is for owners wanting to build a system that will support them with -
- Advice - on what is coming, and what they do not know
- Advancing - strategy and.. all the traps that come with implementing growth at pace, and
- Accountability (no not telling you what to do) but helping the business hold to the plan and pace required to deliver on your goals.

Big businesses have boards of directors. But often this is the wrong structure for a growing business. They can be slow, rigid, and risk adverse.

This workshop will show you what could work for you as an owner of a growing business.
Date & Time
30 July 2024,
9.30 AM - 1.00 PM
About Ben Marris: I have been working with the owners of privately held growth companies in New Zealand and across the Pacific for over 15 years. I believe that these companies are vital for the prosperity of our community in a fast-changing world.

I currently run a business community called Connector Auckland, the Unlocking Growth Masterclass Series and am coach and strategy advisor to a number of privately owned growth companies.

I love red wine and a good story. I am also dyslexic, so if there are any spelling mistakes or grammatical errors blame my spell check, I do!


Please feel free to touch base with Ben Marris on [email protected] or call on
027 47 99950 to learn more.

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