Family Business Consultants

Hello
I have been developing, outsourcing and marketing my own products for about 8 years, I am semi successful but no multi-millionaire yet.

Sometimes I get asked by friends, family and customers how they would go about turning their business concept into reality. Everything from help designing the product, getting it produced and finally marketing it. It is a complicated and not written in stone process, business plans, marketing plans, venture capital, SBA loans etc, trademarks etc, target markets, research etc.

However do you think people would pay to get help in this process? I do not have the time to sit down with each one and write their business plan, but I can give them tips and resources to do so. (suggest software etc) then I can help them source and develop prototypes, contact the designers I know etc. So I would be more of a business development consultant but more on basic level.

Do you think there is a market for such a service?

There is a market for what you describe. I would suggest that participating in the development of a business plan is usually a step that entrepreneurs could use help on. This is because they are often very close to the technical or service part of their business concept but they don’t have the experience in the business plan. When dealing with trying to raise funds a realistic business plan is a must. You might get some ideas from reading this article:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/275818/simple_steps_to_succeeding_in_your.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/249014/six_steps_to_taking_control_of_your.html