Summary
The resistance of small Brazilian entrepreneurs to specialized tutoring makes it difficult for companies to survive, increasing bankruptcy rates due to bad management and lack of technical planning.
The resistance of small entrepreneurs to the hiring of mentors and specialized consultants remains high in Brazil, also in the face of the growing failure and early closures. According to the “Survival of Business” survey, published in June 2024 by Sebrae, only 6% of entrepreneurs have sought a sort of professional guide, such as formal advice or tutoring programs in the last year.
The data strengthen a model already identified in the previous polls: most of the owners of micro and small businesses still make decisions based on their experience or informal advice, often obsolete or without technical foundation.
TO Marcos PelazatoLawyer, accounting and commercial mentor with 14 years of renovation of companies, the low adhesion rate to the tutor reveals a significant gap in the culture of the management of the country. “The preventive action is still despised. Many entrepreneurs seek help only when the situation becomes unsustainable and this drastically limits the possibilities of recovery,” says the expert, who has traveled hundreds of cases of financial reorganization in the production sector.
The lack of technical preparation, according to him, has direct implications for the survival of companies, in particular in contexts of economic instability or a drop in revenues.
“An effective mentoring allows you to map risks, redesign strategies and adopt more sustainable management models. Accounted and lawyers who are preparing to offer this type of support support as real transformation agents in the sector of their customers,” adds Pedal.
The Sebrae survey indicates that the mortality rate of companies in Brazil is still high in the early years of activity. Among the main factors indicated by the entrepreneurs themselves are access to credit management, financial management, planning and absence of a specialized guide.
Given this scenario, mentoring is no longer an additional cost and becomes a strategic investment for those who want to grow coherently and avoid the path of judicial recovery.
The challenge, however, is to overcome the prejudice still present among many managers, who associate the search for help with weakness or failure. The market is changing and those who do not adapt end up being the practical formations aimed at renovating companies are increasingly sought after by professionals who have understood that it is not enough to know how to conduct: you have to conduct “, concludes Petola.
The Sebrae investigation was conducted on the basis of interviews with entrepreneurs from all regions of the country and stressed that, among those who closed the doors, over 70% had not undergone any type of training or specialized guide from the opening of the company.
Source: Terra
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