Comments on: Why early stage startups don’t need business consultants http://leanstartups.com/why-early-stage-startups-dont-need-business-consultants.html Best practices in lean business operations, technology, and other areas pertinent to success of startups, small, and mid-market businesses. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:35:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Apolinaras Sinkevicius http://leanstartups.com/why-early-stage-startups-dont-need-business-consultants.html#comment-2697 Apolinaras Sinkevicius Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:22:11 +0000 http://leanstartups.com/?p=424#comment-2697 Maybe I am not reading you right. What do you mean by "it pays to be to green"? Maybe I am not reading you right. What do you mean by “it pays to be to green”?

]]> By: courtney benson http://leanstartups.com/why-early-stage-startups-dont-need-business-consultants.html#comment-2696 courtney benson Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:39:48 +0000 http://leanstartups.com/?p=424#comment-2696 "Vast majority of true 1st time entrepreneurs don’t know what they don’t know." Could not agree more. As history has proven so many times - it pays to be to green. “Vast majority of true 1st time entrepreneurs don’t know what they don’t know.” Could not agree more. As history has proven so many times – it pays to be to green.

]]> By: Apolinaras Sinkevicius http://leanstartups.com/why-early-stage-startups-dont-need-business-consultants.html#comment-2644 Apolinaras Sinkevicius Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:34:24 +0000 http://leanstartups.com/?p=424#comment-2644 @Wayne, I think even for their business plan portion they should do it themselves (though I do think full business plan is a waste of time). There is a certain amount of bravado a 1st-timer needs to mature out of to be a good client for a consultant. Also, many startups (no matter what stage) will never be good fit for a consulting relationship... but that is another subject I may write about some day. @Wayne, I think even for their business plan portion they should do it themselves (though I do think full business plan is a waste of time). There is a certain amount of bravado a 1st-timer needs to mature out of to be a good client for a consultant.

Also, many startups (no matter what stage) will never be good fit for a consulting relationship… but that is another subject I may write about some day.

]]> By: Wayne http://leanstartups.com/why-early-stage-startups-dont-need-business-consultants.html#comment-2638 Wayne Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:09:56 +0000 http://leanstartups.com/?p=424#comment-2638 I basically agree with the posting. This experience is behind my decision to focus on the "second stage" of a business -- the period after a business has been founded when the owners are attempting to make the transition from startup (which can last years!) to a fully-fledged, professionally managed enterprise. That "phase change" in a company is one that many entrepreneurs do recognize as presenting problems. I do have clients I help by working with them to develop a business plan before they actually open the doors, but once they start they insist on (and probably should be) left alone for a few years to learn and make their own painful mistakes. I basically agree with the posting. This experience is behind my decision to focus on the “second stage” of a business — the period after a business has been founded when the owners are attempting to make the transition from startup (which can last years!) to a fully-fledged, professionally managed enterprise. That “phase change” in a company is one that many entrepreneurs do recognize as presenting problems. I do have clients I help by working with them to develop a business plan before they actually open the doors, but once they start they insist on (and probably should be) left alone for a few years to learn and make their own painful mistakes.

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