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CAN WE HELP YOU? |
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As I have mentioned elsewhere, honesty should be the single biggest item a consultant can offer. And so the answer to the question "Can I help you?" is best answered with "Maybe". Who cannot be helped? There can be a chance where a person is in a business so foreign to my, our, background that we would have no opinion. If that is true, we will try and tell you that up front. We would then of course try to minimize costs other than out of pocket expenses. This is however, our determination. We do want to avoid helping others and then people not paying. Help to others can include two items:
We see both of the above two items as a help. What could cause someone to be in a bad venture that is not easily fixed? Some examples: A TEN TO ONE PROBLEM I have personal knowledge of at least two companies where the expenses going out were 10 times higher than the revenue coming in. Unless there is a plan and a great deal of investment money, those businesses are bad ones that just may cause more money loss. A NEGATIVE GROSS PROFIT If a person was in a business where they wished to buy items say at $1 apiece and then sell them for $0.50 apiece there is clearly nothing to work with unless someone is willing to change that practice. There was once a joke on how someone makes a business like that work, and the answer is "Volume". That of course is humor since volume or doing a bad deal many times over just makes matters worse. WHAT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW IF YOUR BUSINESS IS IN BAD SHAPE OR NOT? Do not worry. Our job is to help you if you wish. And of course we will try to do that politely and respectfully. WHAT DO WE DO? In the event that your business had major issues such as the above, we will let you know that. Privately if you wish. Knowing if you face serious problems we also believe is a great help to you and your business. Sometimes the best help you can give someone is "to get out now". Of course an owner or a person hiring us may listen and decide to change things such that there can be a chance for success. We are all for that as well, and often would be willing to work along those lines as well. However, many businesses can be improved. There are few businesses that do not have things that can become better. And that is of course what we look for and try and help you and your operation with. |
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