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Services include business startâ€" ups â€" feasibility studies, location studies, business plans; marketâ€" ing â€" market reésearch and analylsis. md‘:kmw ::m and plans, advertising promâ€" otion, sales forecasting; and fiâ€" nance and accounting ~~ financial analysis, financial statements, budgeting, and cash flow forecastâ€" ing. Small Business Consulting Serâ€" vice is designed to.provide advice to boththepem:aoxz‘::‘ingnmv business and the manager of an established firm. . chrane. ;:?m’mh not any PR LK : 2M 348# ag The â€" service; *Which. operates part time throughout the school year and full time during the summer months, is gearing up for its busy season, and isâ€"already building a solid clientele. counselling to local bus nesses. we are nonâ€"profit and because we receive financial assistance from MITT," says student Leanne Coâ€" (*ke 0 usiness Wee fi MV Chronicle Staff °; _ Just because they‘re students and just because their rates are cheap, doesn‘t mean they can‘t get the job done‘â€":and done right. Senior year honor business adâ€" ministration students at Wilfrid tss operating » 8 ~Business Consulting Service since 1973 in coâ€"operation the Ministry. of Inâ€" These WLU students are getting down to business "Some clients come to us and IT‘S A BIRD, IT‘S A PLANE, l ms S NO, IT‘S A . .. CAR? The University of Waterloo‘ § students e t ; unveiled their Midnight Sun soler car this Weok at the untversily. The on is the largest /r ltudof:.rrohet ever undertaken at UW, with a budget of approximately $116,000. The mae team entered the car in its first race this weekend in Ottawa, and is off to Sunrayce e USA in July, an 11â€"day solarâ€"powered race from Florida to Michigan. hi elly: .3 j 3 P q * w #J i e ‘ * j i j n § D U@UBLW Ti 3 f Je s _ x â€"~=@ e » _ / [ is = P l hast m / « \ ~‘WLU‘s Small Business Ql-flla:.omoo team (from Left) Leanne Cochrane, Darry! McKinnon, Christine Moisan, Kam Gopal, Beth Kennedy and Todd James are ready for a busy summer their business is," Cochrane says. "Some know that something is anap mpoam â€"a us to determine the problem." The service is geared to small they know what the problem with businesses of 100 employees or less, but its clients are varied in "You name it," Cochrane says. "We service anything from an large accounting firms and franchise stores client/consultant interview in which any problems or specific consultant then draws \:Ln propâ€" osal and presents it to client WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY.23, 1990 â€" PAGE 25 with before any work is actually done. Depending on the business and spend anywhere from 20 to 300 hours on a particular project. The completion of the project includes ‘"This is a chance for the )« business community to get acc to management skills at an fordable, reasonable price." chrane says. "That‘s the bigy benefit." its vices‘ rates of $20 per hour enable small or new business an opporâ€" tunity for counselling that they might otherwise not be able to afford. "In some cases, the client may be able to do the job themselves, but we can do it for them cheaper than it would cost them to do it." says student «Darry! McKinnon ‘‘We have a lot of resources here (the students have access to the faculty of the university‘s School of Business and Economics), and that saves a lot of time." But the service is also of ben« to the students consultants. ‘"Most of our courses last vear were theory," says student Kam Gopal. "This gives us a chance to apply it and use it â€" to see how it works in the real world." For further information about the Small Business Consulting Service, contact the office at 884â€" 1970 ext. 2193, or write to Small Business Consulting Service, Wilâ€" frid Laurier University, 75 Uniâ€" versity Ave. W., Waterloo, Ont., N2L 3C5 Small Business Consultant Ser Your Chronicle