Plan B - Business Mentor?

**cojak** · 23 April 2007, 13:15

The PCG will help you with all this good stuff. Also try your localBusiness Link office.

**DodgyAgent** · 23 April 2007, 14:02

Originally posted by DanTheMan

Thinking of my Plan B. I have, what I consider, a very good idea (natch). But it will involve a lot of different technologies and the cooperation of at least 1 or 2 established businesses. Being just a lowly IT contractor I'm not really up on the legal stuff behinf disclosing ideas (NDAs, etc) or how the hell to start the ball rolling - approaching companies, etc. A friend of a friend mentioned business mentors, those kind of services. Anyone here used one or know of anything like it?

Ta

A proper business plan is all you need. If it stacks up then investors will be allover you.

DA in "Dodgy's Den" mode

**DanTheMan** · 23 April 2007, 14:12

Thanks. I'm already with PCG so will have a goosey there. Never had to write a business plan before but it seems straight forward.....

....avenge my death!

**DodgyAgent** · 23 April 2007, 14:34

Originally posted by DanTheMan

Thanks. I'm already with PCG so will have a goosey there. Never had to write a business plan before but it seems straight forward.....

....avenge my death!

It is straightforward but it is astonishing how so few get it right.

**Clippy** · 23 April 2007, 14:55

I came across this whilst doing research for my Plan B this morning.

The forum looks quite good too.

http://www.teneric.co.uk/

**oraclesmith** · 23 April 2007, 22:23

Someone cold-called me from Jobserve or similar the other day asking if I'd like to do business mentoring as a franchise. I listened politely and asked the price. They wanted something like £30k to buy into ......what exactly? Some training ? A bit of advertising ?

I told them to get lost. Politely of course.

Plan B - Business Mentor?