Becoming a business owner is no easy task. You have thought about this moment for years, and never had the fire under you more so than now to act on the concept and you decide now is the time to jump. At this point is the exact moment you realize…..maybe outsourcing some decisions is a great idea, because afterall Rome wasn’t built by a single person.
Like any reasonable business owner your first thought is, let me do a quick Google search and find out what my bare minimal needs are for software acquisition. Surely, I can go find my own software to implement and likely do all the setup myself to save some money and overhead. I bet there are even a ton of free items out there.
You would be totally correct. Your Google search would likely pull up several blog articles that start something like “Top 10 CRMs for Small Business”, or “The 5 Highest Ranked Web Site Builder Sites”. This is the point where decision paralysis begins to take over. You learn from the first couple blog sites the “gotchas” for some of the tools, and then you start to realize there are as many options for tools as there are blades of grass in your front yard. This is exactly where hiring a consultant for your business will start to make sense. You come to the realization you have stumbled down a hole for hours reading reviews on various tools, and are no closer to a decision than when you started.
This is where a Vector Formed Professional would be a value add to your organization and help with making a decision, so that you can focus on the parts of your business that require your most attention. Taking care of your current customers & pursuing your next customer. Our deep knowledge of years supporting enterprise level technology decisions, and implementations can be a huge time saver for when it comes to deciding and implementing tools for your business.
Now you have fallen into the next part of your personal discovery where you are looking for an expert to help, and run into similar situations as with software selection. There are just so many options out there that can help, and that makes deciding “Who” to employee just as hard as choosing what tools to buy.
Just like searching for software, looking for the right expert can feel overwhelming. To avoid hiring the wrong fit, filter your choices through these key criteria
Before you even hop on a discovery call, you need to know what problem you are trying to solve.
You will be working closely with this person or team. If their communication style doesn't match yours, the project will feel like pulling teeth.
It is incredibly tempting for a new business owner to just look at the price tag.
Ask them about their process. A red flag is a consultant who says, "We just wing it based on what you need."
At the end of the day, launching and growing a business requires making countless critical decisions. While it is tempting to wear every single hat and try to solve every technical puzzle yourself, true growth happens when you learn to delegate.
Hiring a consultant isn’t an admission that you can’t do it all; it’s a strategic choice to ensure it gets done right the first time. By partnering with an expert who can guide you through the noise, bypass decision paralysis, and build a scalable foundation, you reclaim your most valuable asset: your time. Stop tumbling down the Google rabbit hole and start focusing on what you do best—running your business.
