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. My cash flow was erratic as an independent consultant, ranging from $5,000 to $28,000 a month. Financial stability is one of the top concerns when considering self-employment.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a top South Korean shipbuilding company that holds roughly a 15% share of the world’s shipbuilding market. Since 2007, MHI Group has changed its management paradigm toward portfolio optimization, introducing a strategic business evaluation system and focusing on cash flow.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

The lack of access to stable, predictable cash flows is the hard-to-see source of much of today’s economic insecurity. Financial Diaries (USFD), an unprecedented study to collect detailed cash flow data for U.S. This income volatility is the result of broad shifts in the labor market. households.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 9, 2024

In the 1980s, project management software packages often were marketed in terms of how well they performed what was called “cost/schedule integration.” If we are undertaking the project scope because of the value (contract price, sales revenue, market visibility, productivity improvement, mortality reduction, etc.)

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2018

At the industry level they include (a) the extent of AI diffusion in economies; (b) the build-up of corporate profit; and (c) labor market dynamics. It took several decades for steam to drive the rollout of railways services and create a large market of exchanges in the United States. This may dissuade them from acting.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 26, 2013

Building on information provided in Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession , I highlight three approaches that a consultant can use when performing a valuation: Balance sheet valuation; Market based valuation; and. Valuation of discounted expected future cash flows.

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Jerry Fletcher

AUGUST 21, 2021

Their credibility as a referral source leads to more assignments and better cash flow. Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. Learn more about Credibility to Cash. They refer the experts they know to fill a client or prospect’s needs.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

About the guest: Ann Carden has an extensive 41-year business and marketing background. This guide will help you get a simple "what I do" message – even if what you do as a consultant or coach isn't simple. Plus, you'll get a networking script to connect with potential clients easily.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 1, 2017

Check out our breakdowns on Profitability , Market Sizing , and Market Study to become a complete expert on any kind of framework you’ll need in your case interview. All acquirers will want to increase cash flow, but the length of their investment in the company will differ, depending on the type. Have no fear!

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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! level, title, company size, industry, etc.)

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

tax law is likely to increase after-tax cash flows for U.S.-based There’s a strong argument that they should invest in growth , and the newly available cash offers them a unique chance to do so. The intrinsic value of a company with growing cash flows doubles every time the discount rate is cut in half.

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Prudent Pedal

APRIL 3, 2020

I offer 6 simple marketing guidelines for professional services firms during the COVID-19 pandemic that will build your reputation—or at least protect it until it’s over. Prior to COVID-19, I have marketed through the Internet Gold Rush, Y2K, the dot-com bust, 9/11, The Great 2008 Recession, and any number of other “irrational” rushes.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

In contrast, economies of scope is a lesser known concept particularly relevant to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that may not have access to large markets or the ability to produce at scale. Marketing – The cost of advertising can be shared across products. More stable cash flows are attractive for three reasons.

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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! level, title, company size, industry, etc.)

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Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 23, 2019

It’s also easier to bill in installments, including a down payment, so you can get cash flowing sooner. Of course, the main advantage of quoting a fixed fee is to increase how much you earn per hour. Another advantage is you don’t have to track your time, although it’s a good idea so you can see if you priced the work appropriately.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 17, 2014

Cash flow analysis shows Greece is in serious trouble again in spite of having a current account surplus. Greece Bailout Cash Flow Even this game is in trouble now as Greek Cash Flow Charts show. I use the words "will default" imprecisely. Realistically, Greece defaults on every payment already.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 15, 2020

One option is to be in denial about abrupt market changes and continue along aggressively in one’s original plans. Restructuring costs to improve free cash flow can be learned. Pivoting to target an adjacent market segment can be learned. Reconfiguring a go-to-market approach can be learned. Determination.

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Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. And more fundamentally, does marketing actually work? Marketing ROI analysis can help answer those questions. What is Marketing ROI, and How Do Companies Use It? Avery explains that it is also referred to by its acronym, MROI, or as return on marketing investment (ROMI).

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MishTalk

MAY 27, 2014

The bond markets and currency markets are out of sync with equity markets and widely-touted economic projections that things are getting better. Bond Market in Disbelief Today the spotlight is on Japan. Yesterday I commented US Economy Poised to Accelerate? Neither is happening.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

And the same applies to the affected workers: The tight labor market means there are opportunities for those who go through retraining. Another issue involves reallocating resources in the face of fundamental market shifts. But markets and tastes shift, and changing assets and company processes is hard. government.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 31, 2018

As an independent consultant, cash flow is erratic. Admittedly, I was lucky to have invested early in one of the longest bull markets in history, but I wasn’t a particularly savvy investor. (Relatedly, under-promise and over-deliver.) • Make your client look good; be the wizard behind the curtain.

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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. Her book, A Writer’s Introduction to Social Media Marketing is exclusive to this bundle, so it's also on my TBR pile.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The observation that many “unicorn” companies with no profits — and sometimes no revenues or even fully developed products — get valued so highly makes me skeptical of the idea that the capital market is systematically myopic.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. EXXI), an oil and gas explorer, which has raised more than $2 billion in the bond market in the past four years. markets as unprecedented Fed stimulus fuels a hunt for yield. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. Energy XXI Ltd.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

So, we begin by assuming that the traditional path offers cash compensation equal to the average starting salary. (It It might be tempting to turn to the highest starting salary paid, which typically goes to the graduate with the most experience in the most competitive market, who often earns crazy money their first year.

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Description: David Baker is a consultant who has been working with marketing firms and advertising agencies since the late 1980s. A successful entrepreneurial enterprise yields profit consistently, while those who find that they are constantly having cash flow problems are, in reality, the ones that are having legitimate business problems.

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Management Consulted

MAY 29, 2016

Bruce introduced strategic competition in 1980s to the market and it has since transformed business productivity and has the same impact that the industrial revolution had on individual productivity. The focus here is completely on cash flows and not projections. It’s a tasty deal (ahem, read), I’d say.

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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. If there is a financial crisis, the stock market falls by half and the asset manager’s performance is in line with the stock market, they now make $500 million.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Guest Post from Peak Prosperity In an exclusive interview of John Hussman by Peak Prosperity''s Chris Martenson, Hussman says Stock Market Is Overvalued By 100%. Chris Martenson : John Hussman is highly respected for his prodigious use of data and adherence to what it tells him about the state of the financial markets.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. If the firms don’t have a strong balance sheet, if they foresee a potential cash flow problem, or if they have clients in particularly hard hit industries, I’d be concerned.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Free markets aren’t particularly common. Geography makes the idea of a free market difficult, because only one business can exist in any given spot. Free markets are a powerful engine to solve people’s problems, but free markets are difficult to ensure for the long haul.

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MishTalk

MARCH 21, 2014

We have described in detail over the past two years how we believe China’s twin excesses (excessive investment funded by excessive debt) will inevitably unwind, causing a substantial slowdown in China’s economy, significantly below market expectations. Total local government debt adds up to RMB17.9 There is more text and charts in the report.

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Simon Associates

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The challenge was how to employ the new engineering talent he needed without adding unnecessary expenses, at least until his business started to generate cash flow again — not an uncommon challenge today. It was a similar challenge for a company trying to replace its marketing team without incurring fixed costs.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

The marketing, underwriting, and servicing of SME loans have largely taken a backseat. New digital entrants have spotted the market opportunity created by these dynamics, and the result is an explosion in online lending to SMEs from fintech startups. Other sectors of retail lending have not fared much better.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Since I last wrote about the company , theater operator AMC entered the subscription market, to early success , and MoviePass took out and paid back a $6 million emergency loan and flip-flopped both its pricing and its product. Robert Woloschanowski/EyeEm/Getty Images. It has been a very rough few months for MoviePass.

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Consultant Journal

MARCH 5, 2020

Think about what’s actually needed for your sales and marketing : Wave or nod instead of shaking hands. Take a look at your cash flow and what a change to sales or staffing could do. If your business meets with clients in person, you may want to look at your policies and processes to help keep clients and yourself healthy.

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Chad Barr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

What commonly then surfaces is not that they have a sales problem but a serious marketing problem. Actually a lack of an effective marketing plan is more like it. Question for you: What do you find to be an effective marketing plan? Question for you: What do you find to be an effective marketing plan? © Chad Barr 2012.

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