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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Having consistent cash flow is one of the hardest parts about being self-employed, especially when youre just starting your business. To improve cash flow, I recommend subcontracting as a way to generate income while you continue to build your own business. It can be difficult for veterans, too!

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Economies of Scope - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Marketing – The cost of advertising can be shared across products. More stable cash flows are attractive for three reasons. Secondly, a strong cash position can also be used to extend credit to customers and thereby increase sales. Business Strategy. Graduate Consulting Group. Categories. Select Category.

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What MoviePass Can Teach Us About the Future of Subscription Businesses

Harvard Business

Even a slight tweak — such as moving to a club pricing model like Costco’s — might have solved its cash-flow problems. It is silly to think that a one-size-fits-all national strategy is the right approach for a market as ethnically and economically diverse as the United States. It didn’t work.

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

Zweig writes that any form of modified profit isn’t cash flow. So let’s look at the above in the context of other areas, starting with advertising. A perfect example is car dealers who advertise free oil changes for life. For more, just Google the terms Warren Buffet and Ebitda. Well, if it sounds too good to be true….

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Subscription Business Models Are Great for Some Businesses and Terrible for Others

Harvard Business

No strategy is static. Inertia isn’t love, and feedback isn’t strategy. the future over the past) but preferences are their domain and strategy is yours. But freemium needs to work in service to a larger business strategy. Not everyone needs a new outfit every month. Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Cash flow is king (they don’t require full collateralization, but will take as much as they can). Ten percent buyer down payment (minimum), which frees up cash to grow the business. Pretty small.

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AT&T, Time Warner, and What Makes Vertical Mergers Succeed

Harvard Business

AT&T is merely paying — actually, overpaying — for the cash flows from those assets up front. But there’s an old saying in corporate strategy: Two turkeys don’t make an eagle. They are market-share leaders in advertising, hardware, e-commerce, and social networking. Creating more value.