For the past 25 years, I have worked for small start-up companies in the Bay Area, California. Typically, they were companies without accounting systems, HR procedures or office/admin systems. The company's principals had extensive Hi-Tech backgrounds but little experience in business. I was sucessful in establishing business infrastructures suitable for small businesses. Now for my question: I'm moving to Huntsville or Birmingham, AL. Instead of working for one company, I'd like to set up a consulting service and establish a client list of 2-4 small companies. The service would be to set up accounting, credit, HR and office processes for start-ups. Once these processes were established, the owners could continue with them or hire a regular, full-time employee to take over. Would such a service be something that a small business owner would be interested in? On a scale of 1 (no interest) to 10 (high interest). Or do should I just apply as a regular, full-time employee?
2006-06-22 09:10:44 · 5 answers · asked by crazhaz 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
8. I know a person who did a similar thing here in Columbus, Ohio. He made around 100,000.00 a year and basically just setup these small medium type biz. I say give it a go. It seems that with your credentials you have enough knowledge to sell yourself. I know of another guy in texas who also owns a consulting firm. It's woth the effort if you no longer want to work under a company, but with a company.
2006-06-22 09:22:32 · answer #1 · answered by frytenbythesound 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would be ideal. I just left a publishing company that didn't take care of any of this up front and is so far in the hole it may never recover. If you look at small business failures and what causes them, the biggest reason is that the entrepreneur knows how to do the technical side, but has no clue how to take care of the financial, HR, and procedural aspects. The company I referenced above had no payroll in place, no job descriptions, no formal evaluation systems, no formal hiring systems, and no procedure manual. You should be able to do really well.
2006-06-22 09:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by Robin W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think small businesses would be interested in your services. I would be if I had a small business and lived in AL.
Good luck.
2006-06-22 09:16:24 · answer #3 · answered by kspauldinghome 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go for it,you never know until you try. 10
2006-06-22 09:15:37 · answer #4 · answered by want2know 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An excellent idea.
2006-06-22 09:24:22 · answer #5 · answered by rhymingron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋