“ 90% of new businesses fail. Your first responsibility is to make sure you’re doing something different.”
Maui Business Consultant
Are you considering starting or expanding your business in Hawaii?
It's not all Aloha all the time out here. The Hawaii business environment can be brutal for the unprepared or uninformed. A tentacular regulatory regime, cultural bias against development, and sky-high taxes don't make it easy here in the Aloha State. Hawaii occupies a permanent spot in the top five lists of states with the highest taxes and most challenging business environments. You need a CPA on Maui who understands the lay of the land.
These are big, messy challenges. And not for the faint of heart. The silver lining is ... Maui: Regularly voted the best island destination in the world. Cracking the code of creating (or growing) a successful small business here provides opportunities for an enviable mix of financial and lifestyle rewards.
Don't make amateur mistakes like choosing an inappropriate business form, spending unnecessary time and money on administrative matters, or running afoul of the notorious Hawaii Department of Taxation. The right advice saves needless hassle and expense. Maui.tax is more than just tax preparation. Call or schedule an appointment online for solid, useful advice to help you get your business up and running and keep it that way.
Been Here a While?
“Business consulting either provides value or wastes money. If the value is not obvious - generally there is none.”
Gimmicks don’t work in consulting anymore than they do in your business. Good ad copy doesn’t mean good advice. And consulting spending by a small business is a big decision. A thirty-minute conversation sometimes gets me a job, and sometimes just a nice conversation. Either way, there’s no charge to find out if there’s something I can help you with.
Old Dogs. New Tricks. Some of the most important advice you can buy is the kind that protects your position in the market. Although using outside help for an opportunity or a problem may be obvious, reevaluating your existing, successful operations can provide even more value.
I started washing dishes in my old man’s restaurant at twelve. I’ve been the boss’s kid, a small business owner, or a business consultant every day since. If you’ve been at this a while, you know some things that work, and a lot more that don’t.
How can a Maui Business Consultant help your business?
New ideas are coming (and old ones going) faster than at any time in history. Staying in business means you need to keep learning and adapting to change, and getting better at what you do. Few clients engage a business consultant unless they have a problem, and good consultants get problems solved. Great consultants offer actionable advice you never asked for.
The Millennials are coming.* And they are some of the most change-adaptive, “open source”, creative people you’ll face as competitors in the next 20 years. As you may have already figured out, they don’t think like you. Did you know more people under 25 are operating successful small businesses than ever before? Have you figured out what it means for your business? There are adolescents making more money than you with Instagram accounts and Twitter feeds. This is not a fad. This is the change you pay attention to.
If you’ve been in business for more than 10 years, you’ve noticed that decisions have to be made faster now than when you first started out. Customers won’t wait for you to figure out what they want, and technology continues to disrupt everything. Change can’t be predicted, but must be apprehended. What’s your plan for the next ten years?
Don't let the challenges of the Hawaii business environment hold you back. Contact us at Maui.tax today to schedule an appointment and take the first step towards your business success.
Get in touch and lets talk about making your business better!
* The Millennials really are coming. Read the full essay.