Anyone have any experience using a business consultant firm? If so what are the costs and was it worth it? I'm a self educated man, no college etc. I have worked in an industry that I'm sick of for 25 years. 5 years ago I made the decision to open a barbecue catering business thinking I would only do 5-10 event a year. It has grown considerably and to the point that I am out growing my trailer set up along with the need to hire a staff of 1 to 2 people that will probably grow to full time positions pretty fast if growth continues on it;s current path.
It's a scary thought to walk away from my job and have to support myself with a staff and possibly a commercial kitchen somewhere or maybe even small restaurant of take out. I'd like someone with a good education that knows business to take a look at my business, debt, and growth and give me an educated no BS assessment of what I should do. I love the BBQ business and that is where I want to go but if it is not practical from a an educated point of view then I think ultimately I may be looking to replace both my full time job and catering business with a better paying different career/job though I don't know what.
Basically I want out of my 25 year career and the BBQ business is growing rapidly 4 years now . The BBQ has outgrown my current set up and I need employees and and a larger scale set up and with out the larger set up the BBQ business will not support my family on it's own but neither will my other job anymore due to industry changes and economy (and I hate it) and I can not continue both of them for more than another year two at best, they are just wearing me out. I should also add that I make more in the BBQ than I do the other career.
It's a scary thought to walk away from my job and have to support myself with a staff and possibly a commercial kitchen somewhere or maybe even small restaurant of take out. I'd like someone with a good education that knows business to take a look at my business, debt, and growth and give me an educated no BS assessment of what I should do. I love the BBQ business and that is where I want to go but if it is not practical from a an educated point of view then I think ultimately I may be looking to replace both my full time job and catering business with a better paying different career/job though I don't know what.
Basically I want out of my 25 year career and the BBQ business is growing rapidly 4 years now . The BBQ has outgrown my current set up and I need employees and and a larger scale set up and with out the larger set up the BBQ business will not support my family on it's own but neither will my other job anymore due to industry changes and economy (and I hate it) and I can not continue both of them for more than another year two at best, they are just wearing me out. I should also add that I make more in the BBQ than I do the other career.