Good financial advice should be available to everyone. Yet traditional fee structures of financial firms can be complex and exclusive. Many times, it results in shunning people with small investable accounts who would greatly benefit from professional advice. I like to compare financial advice to ordering a steak at a restaurant. Your steak costs the same whether you make $20,000 or $20 million. However, just as you wouldn’t pay filet mignon prices for a hanger steak, the same goes for good advice—you get what you pay for.

Small businesses are a challenge for anyone – especially service providers who are very skilled in their line of business but have no formal training managing a business. Physician practices are a great example – doctors spend years in medical school to learn all there is to know about the human body and how to care for it. But running a practice, with all there is to manage from insurance, payroll, and finances can be extremely daunting.