[scottbartell]

You shouldn't be asking startups this. Call small businesses and ask them.

Regardless, I worked for a small business while I was getting my BS in Business Admin. One thing I realized from this experience was that a lot of what I learned in business school was focused on the corporate world and not small business. A small business is much different than a corporation and I could argue that advice from an MBA would not be that helpful to a small businesses (to an extent of course).

Also, while this is only one data point, I can tell you that the small business I worked for would not use this service. This is because the owner would not seek out such help because he believed that running a business was something that couldn't be taught and that an MBA (who has never actually had a business) was not qualified to give any advice.

Edit: I reread your post and I think you might be considering startups and small businesses the same. I think you need to pick one of the two because they are significantly different.