Steve Shu Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2022

To get this practice off the ground we subcontracted to a number of consulting firms to fill in for delivery gaps we had. One day the CEO announces that the company would proactively declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy even though we had cash and lots of assets. The consulting companies that I used as subcontractors could not be paid.

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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 15, 2019

That is the moment when the client thinks to him or herself, “Okay, maybe the $1 million consulting fee was worth it.”. They’re obsessively concerned that their sales growth will be too low to generate enough cash to pay the bills. When revenue is collected, that’s called positive cash flow. that’s interesting.”.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 28, 2022

Cash flow will be erratic, and it takes time (sometimes years) before you feel confident about making a living as a solopreneur. When you subcontract through an agency or consulting firm you are usually paid about 65 percent of what you're worth. Financial stability is one of the top concerns when considering self-employment.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! ” If yes, offer free consult.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 23, 2019

Generally, the more experience you have as an independent consultant, the more likely you should move from billing by the hour to a fixed fee. I’ve seen consultants quote a fixed fee for a full-day workshop but after the workshop was postponed twice, they started to feel their profitability shrink. What is the duration of the work?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. However, there will be times when you have to feel the cash flow pressure and need to find clients.right now! ” If yes, offer free consult.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 31, 2018

How can other self-employed consultants become wealthy too? Reflecting on my years as an independent consultant, I’ve boiled it down to five keys to success. Five Steps to Becoming a Millionaire Consultant 1. Subcontractors to an agency or consulting firm are usually paid about 65% of what they are worth. But I digress.)

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The Clever Consultant

JUNE 24, 2013

Does the proposed payment schedule and the client’s track record of payment match my cash flow needs? • And, as a consultant, you should leverage both outcomes to fine-tune your business development efforts. • Do I have the capacity to take on the work? • If not, do I have trusted partners in place to sub-contract to?

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

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. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Graduate Consulting Group. Management Consulting. Categories.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

How certain can you be that your internship or full time offer from a consulting firm will hold? Top consulting firms have hundreds of current consultants either sitting idle or working a limited case load. During the dotcom bubble, the financial crisis, and the real estate bubble, what did consulting firms do?

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 26, 2013

LAST post, I highlighted the importance of strategy when considering the viability of a potential acquisition; however, before a final decision can be made, a consultant needs to estimate the value of the target company. Valuation of discounted expected future cash flows.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Do you have the mindset and strategies you need to create a thriving consulting or coaching business so you can reach your full potential in your career and life? Today, I had the pleasure of speaking with Ann Carden, a highly successful consultant and fellow mentor to other consultants.

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

Welcome to yet another opportunity to gain valuable insights from a book review, written by Preeti Vemu, MC intern, MC events organizer extraordinary, and an ex-Deloitte consultant. Every section of Boston Consulting Group on Strategy is a comprehensive article offering insights that can be applied to any business circumstance.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 15, 2017

This article covers two sides of the same coin for independent consultants: how to set up your business for success and what expenses to track to pay less tax. Note: I know many established independent consultants who could benefit from this info! They're interrelated. Let’s tackle the tax question first.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

How do you valuate a small business?

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 26, 2023

Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly impact the entire company. What is Management Consulting A lot of people ask me, “What is management consulting exactly?”It’s

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Jerry Fletcher

AUGUST 21, 2021

Are you thinking of bailing out of a full-time job to start a consulting business? People hire consultants, not companies. The new consultant is so intent on becoming a branded entity that they overlook this simple fact. Your name adds credibility and that credibility leads to cash. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link].

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 4, 2009

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Uniteds fuel hedging strategy has all the marks of some smooth-talking consultants or bankers. Posted by Consultant Ninja. Consulting. (88).

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Consulting success will be yours when you start taking greater risks and stop reinventing the wheel with every new client that comes along. Description: David Baker is a consultant who has been working with marketing firms and advertising agencies since the late 1980s. Don’t Compromise Just to Keep Feeding the Machine.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 23, 2013

Increasing production tends to lead to higher cash flows, and managers who were previously focused on production, innovation and bottom line results start to shift their focus towards turf battles and extreme careerism. Economics bureaucracy consulting economies of scale Management Consulting microsoft productivity Steve Ballmer'

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Also, as we explained in an earlier article , we believe that being an established CEO of a small firm involves much less angst than being a senior member of a consulting, investment banking, or private equity firm. This leaves us only with the cash flows that occur between the purchase and the eventual sale.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Share » Connect » Blog: Consulting and Organizational Development. Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. Don’t be afraid to look at the “business” or “hard” data, at least to understand the cash situation of the organization.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 1, 2017

All acquirers will want to increase cash flow, but the length of their investment in the company will differ, depending on the type. In consulting cases you often have to pick scenarios and use numbers to identify what the likely outcomes may be. – Financial Acquirer, like a PE firm. What would the medium scenario be?

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 19, 2020

She enthusiastically advocated that everyone interested in consulting should only go for boutique firms. Today, having acquired more perspectives from friends and colleagues with boutique firm experience, I have a greater appreciation of what it means to start a consulting career at a boutique firm. Exit Opportunities.

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Markovitz Consulting

JUNE 9, 2020

That places a huge cash burden on the distributors and suppliers. The cash flow model is incredible,” said Adrian Hoffman, an owner of Four Star Seafood in San Francisco. Selling directly to consumers is almost a better business in that it spits out enough cash to pay off everything we owed.”

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 6, 2021

Cash Flow for Creators could only come from Michael W Lucas. This book explains how to use your creativity and manage your cash flow so you can succeed—especially if you're just starting out. Yes, I recommend this book in my consulting book. appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 21, 2018

It was a very interesting experience, so in this post I will share what I learned, as well as talk about the role played by management consulting firms. The investment bankers assess current and projected future cash flows to determine how much debt they can take on, service, and pay down. Consulting, and EY-Parthenon.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 13, 2015

In this post we outline some mathematical concepts that may prove useful for solving consulting case questions. Net Present Value: The NPV of an investment is the present value of the series of expected future cash flows generated by the investment minus the cost of the initial investment. (Source: Flickr ).

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Consultant Journal

MARCH 5, 2020

At Consultant Journal, we know many entrepreneurs, small business owners and consultants wonder about the business impact. Take a look at your cash flow and what a change to sales or staffing could do. Related to Business Management: Consulting Fees: A Guide for Independent Consultants.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the previous article , we introduced the key skills an effective consultant is expected to possess — but now what? As an aspiring consultant, simply knowing which skills to show on your CV is not enough; you’ll also need to know how to hone and highlight these skills, which is what we’ll be covering in this article.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Time to bring in a consultant. But what does a consultant for small business cost? What is a consultant for small business A consultant for small business helps smaller organizations achieve their goals. The clients these consultants work with are no larger than 250 employees, typically between 15 and 100 employees.

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Women in Consulting

JUNE 12, 2014

We can also do specific things that can increase our cash flow. Offer New Services: If you want to improve your cash flow and build your business, think of adding additional service offerings to yourcustomers/clients. Running a Consulting Business Top Consulting Tips' Know your revenue mix gross income.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Management consulting is a service industry that earns its keep by serving large organisations – corporate, non-profit and government. During economic downturns these prospective clients typically have less money, or more uncertain cash flows, and so are less likely to spend money on consulting services.

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Management and IT Consulting

JULY 23, 2019

How consulting firms can manage cash flow with better precision and streamline accounting processes rapidly.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Many management consultants hardly complete two or three years in their jobs before they realize that there’s more to life than consulting. Some consultants leave for personal reasons, because they want to start a family or spend more time with their loved ones. Interviews. Corporate Strategy. What is corporate strategy?

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Tom Spencer

MAY 25, 2019

There are a couple of reasons for this: Asset managers can see cash flow and earnings fluctuate wildly with markets. For alternative asset managers such as hedge funds, their cash flows may be cut by more than half as profits fall and they collect a smaller fee from their profit participation agreements.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2015

Looking at it this way, assets will be resources that increase in value or generate cash flow. You may have one eye on cash flows, but you are basically trying to ensure your organisation’s long term survival and prosperity. If you are a strategist, then your goal is different again.

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