An unemployed corporate lawyer and single mother wants to start her own consulting business. A Parent, Alone Take Maryanne's case. She is a corporate lawyer who was just excised and is jobless. At 43, Maryanne, who has just recovered from a two-year illness, and wants to stay home and create a niche business. Why Women Consult Consulting is a form of service that's based on delivering helpful information that results in real gains for the client.
Women are always ready to give their time.
On the other hand, as long as there's a telephone and e-mail, there's not much financial commitment. Women like the low overhead of consulting. I have found women to be very conservative, even cheap, when it comes to laying out money to start a business. Maryanne's business idea is very good, because it is a niche that's hard to fill. It's easy for her to find the law firms she wants to target as clients, through lists from bar associations and legal directories.