Solid Oak Consulting, LLC

522 South Elmwood Avenue

Oak Park, IL 60304

Phone 708-524-0886

Fax 206-238-2835

telong@solidoakconsulting.com

www.solidoakconsulting.com

Press Release

Contact: Tom Long

Phone: (708) 524-0886

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

9/16/2005

 

Acorns to Oaks Radio Show Series Started

 

OAK PARK, ILLINOIS –

This series will explore the many aspects and challenges of growing a small business.  Over 80% of small businesses fail in the first 5 years of their existence and 80% of the survivors fail in the second 5 years.  Why this is so and what can be done to avoid failure is an underlying theme.

 

Tom Long is the founder and owner of Solid Oak Consulting, LLC, a management consulting firm specializing in the growth of small businesses.  Tom has over 30 years experience in business and over 20 in consulting.  He was an executive with Procter & Gamble as well as a Partner with Ernst & Whinney and then Ernst & Young.  He has worked in large Fortune 100 companies, the Big 8 as well as several venture-backed start-ups.

 

The show can be found on the VoiceAmerica.com Business channel on the Web every Friday at 3pm Central Time.

 

 

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Thomas E. Long,  Solid Oak Consulting, LLC

522 South Elmwood Avenue, Oak Park, Illinois 60304  708-524-0886