Hi Elite,

Generally I think you'll find that most startups will probably use their accountants for bookkeeping tips and advice on accounting for bad debts as it keeps the cost down compared to hiring a specialist debt recovery company to advise them on these things. Since costs are a big factor in a startup's survival, personally I think you may be hard pressed to sell the service to a startup.

However as the startup gets larger you may get more call for your services, especially if the startup begins to offer credit agreements etc, which may require more specialist knowledge - and this I presume is where you would come in.

With regards to letters and so on, you can get these free of charge from citizen's advice so you may have difficulty selling these to people. A better slant on the training side would probably be doing it for them as if I thought I had time to be trained on it, I would try and do the research myself - if I didn't have time though I would get someone to do it for me.

Good luck though if you do decide to go for it - although I hope I never have to need your services!

Cheers

Chris
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You might get some interest by getting in touch with local business groups and Business Link to offer some short courses.

Also consider that if they are using a software package already, Sage for example.  Their training courses are your competition too, I would see what they charge for courses which cover this too.
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If you work out a comprehensive course then this could be a good money maker, especially if you are doing it frequently for free! There are better ways to do debt collections though, I know of some friends who have made some pretty poweful software which helps out with debt collection. But the idea and potential profit is there, just set the idea in motion
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