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Includes related articles on small business consultants - B.E. Report on Small Business
African-American small business owners are increasingly turning to management consultants for assistance in setting up and running their firms. Tips on how to select a consultant and on how to implement a consultant's recommendations are provided.See the full content of this document
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Small business owners can't be expected to know everything there is to know about running a business. Enter management consultants.
If you asked Wendy Labat eight years ago for advice on starting a business, she would have said "take the plunge first and work out the details later." Ask her that same question today and Labat wouldn't even think of taking that fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants approach. Today Labat advises: "Work out the details of your business plan early on with the help of a small business consultant." Why the dramatic about-face? Labat, president of Southern Belk Business Systems Inc., an office equipment distributor in Newman, Ga., says the reason is really quite simple. After hanging her...See the full content of this document
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