Business & Economics Small Business
Start & Run a Consulting Business
- Publisher
- Self-Counsel Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2012
- Category
- Small Business, New Business Enterprises, Home-Based Businesses
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781770408005
- Publish Date
- Feb 2012
- List Price
- $12.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781770400450
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
Consulting has become a multimillion-dollar industry in North America.
Understand why people will pay you for your opinion
Learn from the author of 15 bestsellers
Convert your knowledge into income
A bestseller through nine editions and 24 printings during the past 25 years!
As society becomes more complicated, people in business, healthcare, education, government, and other fields are calling on specialists to provide answers to complex problems. This practical step-by-step success guide shows how anyone can turn knowledge and experience into a profitable consulting business. Concerns unique to the consulting industry are covered in detail, including:
Assessing yourself and your skills
Determining market opportunities
Regulations and laws affecting the consulting business
Selecting business and professional advisers
Preparing your business plan
Setting fees and billing clients
Keeping records
Minimizing taxes
Avoiding professional liability and preventing losses
Writing a successful proposal
Maintaining healthy client relations
Running your office smoothly
Hiring sub-consultants
About the author
Douglas Gray, LLB is a lawyer, businessman, lecturer, and consultant to government, business, professionals, and educational and financial institutions. He has designed and taught numerous seminars and workshops on successful entrepreneurship, starting a consulting business, and marketing professional services. He has also lectured at community colleges and universities as well as professional development programs in the areas of small business, real estate, economic development, professional consulting, and training program development. Gray has written other bestselling books in the Self-Counsel series including Start & Run a Consulting Business and Marketing Your Product.
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