Are there times when you lost business because a firm or individual thought you were too small? Why? Could you not meet the deadline? No relevant experience with bigger companies? Concern about resources? Share your experiences

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We have lost business because we are not able to compete with larger businesses for turn around time on project. We have tried using independent consultants but it really hasnt worked out.

Alot of our business is driven off of internet sales and often our toughest competition is much larger they have a better developed site and more product and because of the volume they can sell it at a lower cost.

Where we lose business to larger companies is when people want a whole branding package we only offer logos and it is hard enough to keep up with that!

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I've 'lost' business when clients have jumped to the conclusion that I'm too expensive. They obviously hadn't done their research or I was their first quote.

Oh well, their loss.

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www.eagleimagery.co.uk

We have lost business to people to who wanted a dedicated project manager - we just do not have the resources to offer that.

I am having the same kind of problem with my interior design business. We have many projects but since we do it in a small (well I would say medium) scale we have problems with turn around times. Our clients pay us too check ranging from $20-40k per project but the initial cash flow needed is the problem.