The fact that the coronavirus is wreaking havoc around the world especially on the most vulnerable people, especially the elderly, is sad, scary and very alarming. Another community that is suffering, wondering about the future and looking uncertainty straight in the eye is the small business community and young people who may see their dreams evaporate before their eyes earned due to the market volatility and uncertainty we are experiencing.
4DLH is doing its part by helping its most vulnerable clients continue to use their consulting services free of charge.
Getting advice via web services
This decision was originally made to help struggling businesses, but has been made available to everyone, and that includes all the young student entrepreneurs that 4DLH has been mentoring for free since 2013.
Through its platform and web services, such as messenger, Whatsapp, skype and Instagram, people, already clients or followers of 4DLH can either talk directly or send their requests to one of the 6 consultants, each in their area of expertise, and do business Consulting.
Preparing for tough times with Mr. Saibi
Lotfi Saibi, director and founder, made the decision last week after talking to some of his loyal clients, who now need his services more than ever, but are short on cash.
No one understands this better than Mr. Saibi, who as a business owner suffered great losses in the global meltdowns of 1996 and 2007.
Business owners, especially SMEs, who have experienced a difficult business climate in which to grow their businesses, are now faced with a new, unexpected and unpredictable element.
Ironically, Mr. Saibi organized a recent conference in Morocco and Germany on what to do and how to prepare for change and do business in unstable, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times.
In a recent article on his personal account, he called on consulting firms and training centers not to look at this crisis in the short term, especially with the most needy clients. These SME clients, the backbone of any economy (up to 92% in Tunisia), suffer doubly: liquidity and the ability to maintain full-time employment. "Helping them by giving them advice and providing them with instructions is the least we can do.
