- LEARNING THROUGH LISTENING: The Value of Advisory Boards for Fast-Growth Small Businesses -Written by Jennifer LawtonNet Daemons Associates (NDA) is a fast-growth company. I wouldn't have realized this had I not joined Young Entrepreneur's Organization. I would have continued to wonder why I always felt, at the end of another year of doubled revenues and employees, that I needed to hibernate so that I could wake up and do it again. I'd always thought, in my infinite non-schooled sense of the business world, that this was just the way it worked. "That's how it works. It just IS!"I needed only one YEO forum meeting to realize that I was wrong. I have since come to realize that there are many other aspects of the business world about which I have sometimes been wrong, sometimes right, and sometimes both right and wrong. A common thread in my awakening has been my use of and participation in a number of groups and boards that continue to broaden my vision.Building on successNDA is not only rapidly growing and on the edge of the "really happening" business world, it is a cool and fun company. I am the co-founder, and have no prior business experience or education. We are a completely bootstrapped company that has been profitable from day one, based nearly entirely on word-of-mouth marketing. We are successful by many definitions of success. Again, without the help of others looking in, I would not have realized that not only am I successful, but so, too, is NDA.NDA has an advisory board. This group consists of six individuals, each with solid expertise and a reputation in a different area of business. These advisors meet with our Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. They are not paid beyond the "take home value" of our meetings, and the ability to participate in what we are doing.Click here http://www.onyxsix.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38:learning-through-listening-the-value-of-advisory-boards-for-fast-growth-small-businesses&catid=13:how-to-guides to read more.- SIGN UP FOR THE ONYX SIX NEWSLETTER -Sign up for our free newsletter to receive information on upcoming events, business advice and special offers from Onyx Six click here http://oi.vresp.com/?fid=ef70831112 to opt in.
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