Business counseling shifts to existing owners
Groups that provide free counseling to business owners have seen a modest uptick in calls for help as the economy has weakened.
Counseling groups suspect, however, that they’re hearing from only a small portion of the business owners that need assistance.
“The ones we are seeing now — I wish we could have gotten hold of them six months ago,” says Rod Jorgensen, director of business counseling at the Nevada Small Business Development Center in Reno.
And six months from now, Jorgensen said, he expects the center’s counselors will be even more aware that early intervention might have saved some troubled businesses. Read more:
