What is the Job
of the Business
Owner?
                                                

...a guess?   97% guess wrong. 





Eric Melin

Management Consultant

Eric Melin
eric@909consultants.com
ericmelin.com/calendar
 +1 (909) 227-4825


909 Consultants is a Management Consulting Firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts serving clients globally. Legal, Tax & Business advisors identify business problems, Consultants fix problems.

A Management Consultant's "Job" is to change behavior. 80% of what does Consultant does is Operational, not Financial...so if you invited a McKinsey Consultant or a 909 Consultant to your Business - what would he or she do all day?  
                        
The first 9 minutes of every business owner's day should *always* be the same....do you know how these minutes should be spent?  Of our 250,000 Clients...the ones that find success consider these 3 simple things each day, every day, whether at 6am or at 9:09am.  9 minute call from the golf course, quick 30 second texts from a boat, a team huddle from the field, or first meetings at the office.  Management Consulting for "SMEs" (Small & Medium Sized Businesses) earns $200 Million dollars in Consulting Fees every year - that's over 4 Billion during these last 30 years.  We help non-Corporate "main street" Clients that cannot afford McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, or Accenture.  The Average McKinsey Consultant charges $500-800 per hour with an average Corporate Consulting engagement of $500,000.  

Several former US Presidents from both political parties and countless famous business leaders have bought into our simple Consulting system. This is not "AI" although we use collective wisdom from the human +computer analysis of the P&L and BS of over 250,000 businesses and only 2-3% do these 3 things well...there is no "secret" or any magic bullets. You already know most principles, but they have been lost in the fog of daily fire-fighting, re-focusing is a profound way to re-think and flip how you are running a business and the priorities you set. Our system is unique to businesses still run daily by families, solopreneurs, owners/operators and without corporate boards/executive governance.     

12 Questions for a Business Owner

1) What is the Job of the Business Owner?  
2) Would you want to hire (if affordable) a McKinsey or BCG Consultant?   
4) Profit is derived from Sales less COGS and Overhead?  Right?   
5) What is the "missing piece" 97% of small business owners overlook? 
6) Is is possible to Grow out of Business? 
7) If a CPA and Attorney help understand/react to what already happened in the Past, who helps you plan for the Future ? 
8) If a CPA and Attorney have State & Federal Licensing, is the advice going to be in the best interest of the Client, or in the interest of preserving his/her State & Federal Licensing? 
9) Seven execs from Jackson Hewitt CPA firm were sent to prison just for doing Client tax returns - can a professional CPA be considered an "Entrepreneur" or "Risk Taker" ? 
10) If someone convinced you of the merits of making changes to your business, other than a Spouse, a Friend, a Lawyer or a CPA, could you? 
11) Are MA, RN, NP, MD credentials all the same in a hospital?  Do you know the difference between BA,BS, MBA, CPA, JD, MST, SJD, and LLM? 
12) What is difference between a Business Doctor and a Business Surgeon?

909 Consultant Services: 

- A Management Consultant is a Change Agent

- Consulting involves the Business of Managing the Business 
- 80% of what does Consultant does is Operational, not Financial. 
- Tax & Business advisors identify problems, Consultants fix problems.
- 909 Helps SMEs (Small/Medium Businesses) legally achieve same Tax Advantages as Big Corporates (often <5%) 
- 909 makes money only upon the success of our Client. 
- 909 does not require Contracts, we earn tomorrow, today. 
- 909 does not require payment for first 8 hours onsite. 
- 909 pays all T&E per diem costs, simply pick a day. We drive or Fly.
- 909 Consultant arrives at 9:09am (or at 7am) ready to work.  
- 909 Consultant billable hours are guaranteed lower than McKinsey. 
- You do not "hire" 909 - you invite 909 to help fix problems you may not know exist. Your Job is to prepare for Change.  


In court, your CPA can testify against you, and is obligated by professional credentials to do so – your Consultant, like your Doctor, is bound by a Confidentiality Agreement and legally cannot.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

If you are a Business Owner ask yourself the 12 questions below. Then book a Risk-Free, No-Cost onsite visit from a 909 Consultant.  

  • There is no upfront cost. We visit your location by car or airplane, you pay us only upon the value we create. You'll book the first 8 hour period of time at no cost. A full Survey may then require 1-3 additional days for a fixed (suggested) price.
  • Book a 60 minute Exploratory Zoom, Gmeets, MS Teams or Intro Phone Call. Suggested format is 30 minute Verbal + 30 Minute Screenshare, Demo, etc. There is a $100 Fee due upon Completion. Book an Onsite Survey for a full 8hr day without a Fee.
  • For Valuations: 909 Brokers, Inc. will provide a written assessment of your business market value. SEO/SEM/SMM/PPC traffic audits are provided by PositionClick Corporation. You'll book the first 1 hour data-gathering meeting (using Zoom) or telephone.
  • A quick No-Obligation Tax Assessment by a JD, or LLM ("Doctor of Tax") on How Efficient Tax Planning can help a Business Owner with the 4 "secrets" of Tax Planning. A welcomed "Second Opinion" to complement/review an existing CPA. You'll book the first 1 hour data-gathering meeting (using Zoom) or telephone, then follow-up meetings will be scheduled. 909 Consultants always work with existing CPAs - we do not replace.
  • Please pick ONE of the 4 service items above (a Survey, an Assessment, or a Tax Illustration via a single check box to schedule the initial call. Note a few times for a phone call or zoom and your preferred contact method. All Consulting Engagements start with a full day onsite after a brief phone call.

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