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Chapter 10: tips for hiring effective outside advisers.
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Fast Track Business Growth
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January 1, 2001
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A CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR FOR FAST-TRACK GROWTH companies is the need to build a team of lawyers, accountants, and consultants, as well as other external professional advisers in a wide variety of business disciplines (such as marketing, sales, finance, strategic planning, and computer systems). The relationship with this team of advisers must be carefully managed to ensure cost efficiency, compatibility among team members and that tasks and problems are assigned to an adviser with the appropriate background and expertise.
Identifying Your Company's Needs
As a general rule, when you hire professional service providers and business consultants, you'll be doing so to ...