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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

Money management · Cash flow – This is probably the hardest part about being self-employed, especially if you are going to work with large companies. This means that if you work 100 hours in January and bill for it on January 31st, you probably won’t see any cash until the middle of March. Do you have the cash to make ends meet?

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Managing a Sales Funnel for Your Consulting Business

The Clever Consultant

Better yet, what will you do next time, after you’ve ridden out this rough patch and are working on business development again? Create and managing a sales funnel. We spoke to our friend Brian Sullivan, Vice President of Global Accounts at Sandler Training , who offered us this advice: View Your Sales Funnel as a Live Tool.

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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders

Epicflow

To improve their project management practices, C-levels at HHI developed a sustainable management policy. Management at HHI has developed an improvement plan with quality and technology as their top priorities. To make this journey faster for you, we’ve developed a multi-project management tool called Epicflow.

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Optimizing Portfolio Profit through DIPP-guided Resource Allocation

Epicflow

It’s important to remember that, all else (risk, cash flow, community relations, ethical or legal constraints) being equal, NO project sponsor has ever said they want LESS value from a project for their investment! Is the cash flow available to increase expenditures in such a way? If not, don’t do it!

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The Food Industry Learns the Value of Small Batch Thinking

Markovitz Consulting

But the benefit to producers and distributors goes beyond simply developing a new customer base and earning money during the pandemic. The cash flow model is incredible,” said Adrian Hoffman, an owner of Four Star Seafood in San Francisco. This has proved to be a boon for some companies.

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The End-of-Quarter Sales Rush Costs Companies Money

Harvard Business

Ask any organization what’s happening in the sales department on the last few days of the month and the entire last week of any fiscal quarter. Sales teams are closing deals, at all costs. million sales transactions from the anonymized data of 151 U.S. But sales managers also have to take some blame.

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Business Book Review: Boston Consulting Group On Strategy

Management Consulted

The focus here is completely on cash flows and not projections. Though this perspective was first written in 1988, it is a good historical record as it shows the link between time utilization and sales. OVERALL SUMMARY & CONCLUSION. It’s a tasty deal (ahem, read), I’d say.