Comments on: How To Create And Utilize A Personal Advisory Board http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/11/how-to-create-and-utilize-a-personal-advisory-board/ Info, comments and musings on company culture, communications and employee hiring, motivation and retention Fri, 25 May 2012 08:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Miki Saxon http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/11/how-to-create-and-utilize-a-personal-advisory-board/comment-page-1/#comment-53028 Miki Saxon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:52:24 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=3147#comment-53028 Hi Bill, Thanks for taking time to respond in such detail. It will be interesting to see how the service performs. I hope you'll find time to update us in the future. Hi Bill, Thanks for taking time to respond in such detail. It will be interesting to see how the service performs. I hope you’ll find time to update us in the future.

]]> By: Bill Bubenicek http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/11/how-to-create-and-utilize-a-personal-advisory-board/comment-page-1/#comment-53025 Bill Bubenicek Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:45:34 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=3147#comment-53025 Hi Miki, Yes, at this time only the advisor profile is accessible as our initial objectives revolved around recruiting qualified advisors, as they are the key to the service. We are a few weeks away from launching the Entrepreneur/Business Owner profile and the rest of the site (matching algorithm) will follow shortly after. Only a sign up exists for the Entrepreneur and we take it all manually from there. As part of refining the matching algorithm, we are manually matching the advisors with the Business Owners based on the rules of the algorithm. This is allowing us to provide the service for free while we test, refine and improve. As for the costs, this service will charge both the advisors and the business owners. The proceeds from the advisor fee and a percentage from the entrepreneur fee, will be donated to a number of small business funds, and we plan to award those funds to qualified small businesses. We will also be providing resources and information necessary to help guide the eventual formation of the board as well as provide suggestion for structure of the board and its meetings. Hope this helps Bill Hi Miki,

Yes, at this time only the advisor profile is accessible as our initial objectives revolved around recruiting qualified advisors, as they are the key to the service. We are a few weeks away from launching the Entrepreneur/Business Owner profile and the rest of the site (matching algorithm) will follow shortly after. Only a sign up exists for the Entrepreneur and we take it all manually from there.

As part of refining the matching algorithm, we are manually matching the advisors with the Business Owners based on the rules of the algorithm. This is allowing us to provide the service for free while we test, refine and improve.

As for the costs, this service will charge both the advisors and the business owners. The proceeds from the advisor fee and a percentage from the entrepreneur fee, will be donated to a number of small business funds, and we plan to award those funds to qualified small businesses.

We will also be providing resources and information necessary to help guide the eventual formation of the board as well as provide suggestion for structure of the board and its meetings.

Hope this helps
Bill

]]> By: Miki Saxon http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/11/how-to-create-and-utilize-a-personal-advisory-board/comment-page-1/#comment-53024 Miki Saxon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:47:11 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=3147#comment-53024 Hi Bill, it looks like an interesting service. What costs are involved? I looked through the site, but didn't see anything except on the advisor's form. Could you add some information. Hi Bill, it looks like an interesting service. What costs are involved? I looked through the site, but didn’t see anything except on the advisor’s form. Could you add some information.

]]> By: Bill Bubenicek http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/11/how-to-create-and-utilize-a-personal-advisory-board/comment-page-1/#comment-53023 Bill Bubenicek Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:13:24 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=3147#comment-53023 Great posting and advice. An advisory board is a powerful concept and should be seriously considered by any entrepreneur or small business owner. Having worked with small business owners on creating advisory boards and boards of directors, I have found the most difficult part is in finding the right advisors. In an attempt to make this process simpler, my colleagues and I created boardmybiz.com, an online matching platform for small business advisors and owners. This is not a search engine, but instead is a matching service, similar to an online dating site. The site is for entrepreneurs dedicated to making their business a success and for interested business advisors, dedicated to small business success. As you have acknowledged, a proper advisory board is an essential element to achieving small business success. All the best Bill Great posting and advice. An advisory board is a powerful concept and should be seriously considered by any entrepreneur or small business owner.

Having worked with small business owners on creating advisory boards and boards of directors, I have found the most difficult part is in finding the right advisors. In an attempt to make this process simpler, my colleagues and I created boardmybiz.com, an online matching platform for small business advisors and owners.

This is not a search engine, but instead is a matching service, similar to an online dating site.

The site is for entrepreneurs dedicated to making their business a success and for interested business advisors, dedicated to small business success.

As you have acknowledged, a proper advisory board is an essential element to achieving small business success.

All the best

Bill

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