The simple answer to the seemingly complex question of Who needs a business advisor? is everyone responsible for operating a business. Thats right. The Fortune 50 CEO to the one-person show needs an advisor.
The CEO of a public company has mentors as well as a board of directors to turn to. They often dont have a choice of who their advisors are but small business owners do. Unfortunately, with this choice of advisors comes another choice that is often made instead. That choice is to not get any help at all.
Not getting any help at all is very often the cause of the business failure statistics we hear so much about. The small business owner will often claim that they dont have the time or money for an advisor. Think about that comment. How can you not have the money to get help from someone that can potentially save or make you more money since you obviously are not getting it done on your own? Or how about that time you are lacking? Maybe if that owner sat down for an hour with an advisor, they would be able to see why they dont have time and do something about it with the help of someone who has already been in those shoes.
A coach or advisor...