We’ve all said, “If only I’d known then what I know now!”
This is particularly true of small business owners. There are many lessons we have to learn as we get a business up and running and some of these can be very costly. Most of us wish we could have an experienced mentor or friend on hand to provide a sounding board for our decisions or to offer advice we can actually use. It can be reall
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You’ll get no ‘canned’ answers here. This service is not being operated by a robot. There are real live people behind it.
When you ask a question there are the following members of this community who may respond:
· A Chartered Accountant with an MBA from a leading US Business School who has run development programmes for the SA Venture Capital association and who runs his own business
· A Financial Controller with over 20 years experience in starting, building and running her own business in the engineering sector
· Someone who has been running their own training and development consultancy for over 20 years
· Someone who has extensive experience in managing business turnarounds
· A number of people who have started and are running their own businesses
And always on duty, Mel Brooks
These are just a few of the talent resources available to you as a member of the Brooks on Biz community
· Mel’s online business advisory services
· The weekly BrooksonBiz Newsletter
· Access to subscribers' questions and answers
· Access to the BrooksonBiz discussion forum
· Access to all previously published articles
· Opportunity to post your business profile (plus 'how to' information) to promote your business to other subscribers from all over the world
· The ability to chat to Mel and other members in live chat rooms
· 'How to' information on forming an Interest Group
· A free copy of A Business Approach to Costing, Accounting and Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers: A Primer by Mel Brooks
· A range of links to genuinely useful websites
· Special Service: send Mel your Business Plan and he will ask you critical questions
Executive coach, teacher, advisor, author
Mel Brooks is a seasoned consultant in enterprise development. He has behind him 20 years at the Wits Business School in Johannesburg, in particular at its Centre for Developing Business, where he was developing and delivering programmes about business start-ups and business financial management long before the acronym SMME was even coined. Workshops,
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Effective ‘corporate governance’ and ‘transparency’ have become the byword and the buzzword of management circles. However, day-to-day practices often fall short of the levels of control and openness alluded to in the media. Corporate governance simply cannot be carried out using a checklist approach. Sure, one can tick off the existence of succession plans, BEE plans and employment plans, but doe ...
By Mel Brooks – Business Coach
What does it take to succeed as a consultant? Whether you’re a lone consultant, a part-owner of a small firm or a consultant at one of the big organisations, the answer is all the same - marketing! Your skills in analysis, problem solving and strategy to name but some of the tools most consultants have in their toolkits, do not guarantee you a future no matter how
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By Mel Brooks
If you’re going to survive the 2000’s with any vestige of your present standard of living, you have only one choice. Get into your own business.
Why? As an employee, your salary will not only cease to grow as the economy gets smaller, but the government will in future demand an increasing portion from your income to finance prodigal spending. So, not only will there be no prospec
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