Title: The consultant's quick start guide
Subtitle: an action plan for your first year in business
First published: May 9, 2001
Description: The Consultant's Quick Start Guide offers a practical approach to setting up a consulting business. Throughout the guide, Elaine Biech--author of the best-selling The Business of Consulting--shares both her own secrets as well as those of numerous other successful consultants. With a focus on the business side of consulting, Biech takes you through a painless, fill-in-the-blanks, step-by-step process for setting up your consulting firm. New sections include:    Why A Consulting Career--Five Reasons Why You May Be a Good Investment  How Much Will Clients Pay?  Your first "To Do" List  What to call your business  Creating and writing Business Plans  Office Location Options  Setting up your office, including Furnishing Your Office and planning your Technical Needs  Electronic Records, including Monthly Expense Records, Revenue Projections, and Invoicing  Staying Organized, including a Session Planner  Determining your market niche  Creating your marketing plan  Developing your website  Reviewing your first year with your family  Electronic resource list, available online  Skills And Knowledge Required of Consultants
Subjects: Management, Business consultants, Consulting firms, Business, Nonfiction, Consultores de empresa, Firmas de consultores, Consulting firms--management, Hd69.c6 b5343 2001, 001/.068
LC classification: HD69.C6 B5343 2009