If you’re considering starting a small business, Frank Dobner can help get it off the ground.
Dobner operates The Startup Source, a firm that assists entrepreneurs with a variety of tasks involved in creating a business. Working in the business planning field for 22 years, he focuses on everything from creating a business plan to forming an e-commerce Web site.
Dobner, who runs his business from his home, said people come to him with their concepts and intuitions and he helps create a business plan. He added that 60 percent of business owners don’t have a business plan designed to outline goals, costs and marketing issues.
“Before people spend their life savings on a new business, it’s a good idea to have a business plan to show that the venture will work,” Dobner said.
Since starting his business a few months ago, he has worked with a variety of entrepreneurs including an online wine retailer in Florida, an advertising and marketing firm and a chiropractor in Seattle. Dobner offers free 15-minute consultations.
Photo by Laura Stoecker.
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