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Jeff Miner Consulting Business Planning After studying business in college and owning several small businesses at Tahoe (both successful and otherwise!) I found that I enjoy helping others organize and manage their small businesses. My business consulting style is to work with the owner's strengths, build a team to delegate peripheral tasks and build the plan into a binder which is easy to work with and update. If you would like to see if consulting would fit your particular business need, contact me. Many small business have no formal plan, and if they do it is only to meet a bank's loan requirement. They often make projections that are purely speculative and are of little real use to the owner. I think business plans should be a blueprint to help owners identify and then actually accomplish their goals. Effective plans focus on goals, what needs to be done, who is best equipped to do it and what additional training or resources are needed. When the owners are working at their most important contribution to the firm, the right things get done and the goals are met. This approach is simple and yet it works for many small businesses without a lot of headaches or expense. The Basics Business plans are divided into sections that help the owner focus on each area of the business. Areas are examined as to goals, resources, obstacles, and benefits. Then an action list is drawn up linking the best person to each task. A typical plan might include the following sections: Purpose of the Plan Goals of the Business Action Items Management Team Financial Employees Job Descriptions Operations Safety Research Customers Marketing Exit Strategy The Role of the Consultant The function of the consultant is to structure the planning processes, work with the owner to set aside the time to examine the business, aside from the running of the business, and to insure that the plan produces the changes that meet the owner's goals. Small business owners are often too busy running their business to go through all the necessary steps on there own. The consultant makes the process happen. A consultant and a plan are often the necessary, though short-term, catalysts that allow a business to improve. Business Plan Clients Tahoe Turf Winter's
Electric Rodney's
Import Auto TRAC Mission
Adjusters Carlton-Kirkegaard
Frames Noah Lamport,
Inc. Advanced
Programming Institute
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