GUIDE Learning Pass Live Session - Manage Profit & Loss As A First Time Business Manager/Entrepreneur
Exclusive Live Preview: Manage Profit & Loss As A First Time Business Manager/Entrepreneur
Designed for those without a finance background, this lesson simplifies key financial controls and levers, helping you understand different revenue models through a profit and loss lens. You’ll learn to make informed operational decisions by analyzing business costs, sales margins, and growth vs. profitability dynamics, enabling you to effectively balance profitability and scalability while managing the pace of growth.
Join us for an exclusive online live session of our lesson on Managing Profit & Loss as a First-Time Business Manager or Entrepreneur.
As our official program partner, Asia School of Business (ASB) hosts this exclusive preview as part of our shared mission to empower venture builders and business leaders with practical, high-impact learning.
This session breaks down key financial concepts—no finance background required. You’ll learn how to read a Profit & Loss statement, understand your revenue model, and make better-informed decisions around costs, margins, and sustainable growth. Walk away with the tools to balance profitability and scalability with clarity and confidence.
📌 Why This Matters for Your Business:
🔴 You can’t grow what you don’t measure—profit leaks often go unnoticed.
🔴 Without financial clarity, it's hard to make smart, sustainable decisions.
🔴 Balancing growth and profitability starts with understanding your numbers.
📌 What You’ll Learn in This Exclusive Preview:
⚫ How to read and manage a basic Profit & Loss statement
⚫ Key financial levers that drive revenue, cost control, and profit margins.
⚫ How to make smarter decisions by aligning your revenue model with your growth strategy.
📌 Who Should Join?
✅ Venture businesses & early-stage startups looking to scale sustainably.
✅ SMEs facing stagnant sales growth and struggling with customer retention.
✅ Founders, sales leaders & marketing teams who need a smarter approach to revenue generation.
👤 Instructor Profiles
Neil Cheong | Managing Director, GUIDE and Lead Instructor, GUIDE Learning Pass
Neil is a seasoned startup operator who transitioned into entrepreneurial development programmes, venture education, and community building—accumulating nearly 10 years of experience supporting entrepreneurship growth and bridging operational knowledge and network gaps across Southeast Asia. As the Founding Managing Director of GUIDE, he oversees learning experience design and materials development across all venture programmes and ecosystem initiatives led by GUIDE and its partners.
Neil has served as a mentor and judge for several innovation programmes, including Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund initiative—the Khazanah Innovation Impact Challenge—for which he led the design of the inaugural programme in 2021. He is also the founder of a regionally based venture studio and one of the creators of the Chief of Staff School. Previously, Neil founded a boutique digital marketing agency and held turnaround leadership roles in two local startups before joining the global entrepreneurial network Endeavor, and subsequently establishing GUIDE.
Alvin Chin | Chief Financial Officer, GUIDE and Co-Instructor, GUIDE Learning Pass
A startup operator. Alvin led the finance and strategy function in his previous tenure in GoQuo - B2B travel-tech venture-backed startup GoQuo (backed by Gobi Partners and Monk’s Hill Ventures) and engineered an exit for the shareholders.
He spent his early working career with KPMG and PwC in Assurance services involving in various business industries such as hospitality and casino gaming, manufacturing, FMCG and oil and gas clients. Experienced in consumer travel industry, Alvin spent 4 years with Tune Hotels, heading the finance operations before joining GoQuo. Alvin co-founded SEA-based venture studio Ignition Chamber Academy with Neil in nurturing new startups. He also serves as director and advisor of several companies in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the UK. At GUIDE, Alvin leads the venture advisory unit where he bridges business needs with specialised services for venture growth continuity.
🏛️ About GUIDE
GUIDE is an independent venture support and development entity affiliated with Gobi Partners, focused on designing and delivering impactful capacity-building programs for startups and innovation ecosystems across Asia. Known for its proprietary curriculum, methodology and nurturing approach, GUIDE specializes in venture education, founder training, and capital access strategies.
Through curated bootcamps, investment readiness labs, and regional exposure platforms, GUIDE connects early-stage talent with growth-stage opportunities. Backed by a diverse network across venture capital, innovation, economic development, and impact sectors, GUIDE collaborates with institutional clients, including intergovernmental bodies, government agencies, universities, and investment firms.
At its core, GUIDE believes in the power of development, collaboration, and transformation—driven by shared knowledge and a commitment to strengthening Asia’s innovation and entrepreneurial landscape.
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