2. What are we going to look at..?
• Who I am & the Companies
• Challenges & Opportunities
• Context & Project Development
• Balance, Control & Monitoring
• Overview, Conclusions & Questions
3. Who is Steven Northam..?
• I did the degree your are doing right
now
• BA (Hons) Business Management
with IT, MSc Business Management &
Marketing and soon Dr. Steve via
Doctorate in Business Administration
• Investment company owner/director,
with investments in 16 companies
• Student Investment via My First
Business Idea
• Employ over 60 people on part
time/full time and director basis
4. SN Technologies Limited Group
• SJN Studios Limited
• Inverse Square Limited
• The Student Scene Limited
• SWARVE Limited
• Supercar Scene Limited
• Snappod Limited
• Ultimate VIP Limited
• Xcentric Events Limited
• The Foam Party Company Limited
• Stolen Images Limited
5. What do the companies do?
• SJN Studios Limited – Photography Studio
• Inverse Square Limited – Web Development
• The Student Scene Limited – Events/Web
• SWARVE Limited – “Posh” Lads Mag
• Supercar Scene Limited - YouTube
• Snappod Limited – Photo Booth Systems
• Ultimate VIP Limited - Events
• Xcentric Events Limited – Events / Security
• The Foam Party Company Limited - Events
• Stolen Images Limited – Video Production
6. Companies as Projects
• An entire Company is
sometimes a project for
SN Technologies Limited
• Unique, Specific Aims
and possibly temporary.
• Buy a company, rebrand,
renew, build and then sell.
• Also multiple projects
within each company long
and short term
• Profit driven
7. Challenges & Opportunities
• Business is a game of risk and reward
• Challenging, but draw from resources
around you to ease
• Challenges reduce as resources
increase
• Opportunities in EVERYTHING
• How to select ?
8. Why and How: Selecting Projects
• Interesting
• Complimentary to portfolio
• Synergistic
• Potential Value vs Cost
• Context, Internal & External
9. Importance of Context
• STEEP Importance
• SWARVE Magazine (purposely
misspelt – suave, SEO and market)
• “Posh” Lads Magazine
• Trend towards “High End”
• “Wannabe Culture”
• Gap in the market to fill
10. Managing Multiple Projects
Difficult Costly
Time/Resource
Consuming
Manageable
Highly Important to
Project Success
12. Planning, Monitoring & Control
Pin board in the
Winchester
Studio,
sometimes its
best to use
good old pen
and paper..
13. Information Technology
• High utilisation of IT
• MS Project? No.
• Gantt Charts
• Database systems
• Feedback systems
• Social Media
• Staff and Mangement
14. The Balancing Act
• Companies all have synergy between
each other
• Central IT system for “resource
allocation”
• Much is mentally planned and
controlled
• Project neglect is an issue
• Organisation is key, to the level of
OCD!
15.
16. Overview & Conclusions
• Looked at the Companies
• Challenges & Opportunities
• Context & Project Development
• Balance, Control & Monitoring
• Brief overview, much more information
and depth in reality
