Transforming yourself into an entrepreneur is hard work; sometimes you need to get some help.

When people are forced to try and create their own business in response to changing times, they need help from consultants who know the score.

Newspapers have been slowly dying out, but some reporters, passionate about what the importance of what they do, are trying to find ways to create their own new journalism jobs, according to an article in TechNewsWorld.com.

Kery Murakami, a 20-year veteran reporter in Seattle, is one person trying to make the difficult transition from journalist to entrepreneur. He and his partners are trying to start Seattlepostglobe.org, a news website for the Seattle area. It's hard going.

"We haven't been that successful," Murakami told TechNewsWorld. "We've met with potential investors and the question they ask is, 'How sustainable is the business plan?' I don't know. It really comes down to what people in Seattle are willing to pay for. I have no marketing studies, and no one I've talked to has any. Without a business consultant, we have no idea what the revenue is going to be."

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted strong growth in business consulting through 2016.