Author name: SBM Editorial Team

3x faster growth rate for small businesses that review their strategic plan at least quarterly versus those that plan annually

54% of small businesses create an annual budget: only 27% review it monthly against actual results $0 cost of a

7 categories of small business consulting services: operations, strategy, finance, HR, technology, marketing, and legal/compliance: most small businesses need operations

6 types of business management consultant: strategy, operations, financial, HR, technology, and marketing: most small businesses need operations or strategy,

65% of small businesses with 10+ employees have no documented org chart or defined reporting structure 5–7 direct reports: optimal

70% of small business owners say they operate reactively rather than from a defined strategic plan 2x more likely to

94% of workers perform repetitive, time-consuming tasks that could be automated $45,000 estimated annual value of time freed when a

7 in 10 small business owners report experiencing a cash flow problem in the past year 29 days average time