It seems everyone is offering business advice these days – who do you take yours from?

I believe if you’re looking for someone to help you and your business, as a minimum they have some of the things they are offering in place in their own businesses? Walking the talk as they say – Business planning, shouldn’t they have one? Profitable, shouldn’t they be? Marketing, how do they do it and are they successful? Giving advice about business, shouldn’t they have a good track record of running successful businesses (not just micro or solo) over more than a year or two?

There are many great sources of help for your business out there to help in areas that aren’t your core skill but make sure those offering you something are able to demonstrate it clearly in their own areas too.