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Special Discussion on Starting Consulting Services Organizations Within Product Companies

Steve Shu Consulting

When people think about consultants, they often think about those that work for companies like McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte, etc. Improper tone for sales meetings – Product companies are often used to marketing-push type sales strategies (e.g., subsidized by product sales).

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

I seriously considered sales & trading (in fact, I spent a summer at Credit Suisse First Boston in NY), and was tempted to continue in that line of work post-graduation. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. Interested in sales & trading? 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

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How Retailers Became Ad Platforms

Harvard Business

McKinsey estimates that by 2026, retail media will add $1.3 Major retailers are today, most notably Amazon, are creating and operating their own advertising platforms — and they’re making millions doing it. trillion to enterprise values in the U.S. alone, with profit margins between 50% and 70%.

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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Although there are several things, here are 2 key ones: First, you will learn different aspects of the business — everything from product development to sales to customer relations — and have some experience in each area. To learn more about this book, read our McKinsey Way Book Review. The McKinsey Way. The McKinsey Way.

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Eight Secret Weapons of the Modern Consultant

Steve Shu Consulting

Structured Problem-Solving Skills and Industry Knowledge – Facility with structured approaches may be developed by learning key frameworks such the popularized McKinsey MECE approach (see here [link] ).

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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Specifically, both B2C and B2B companies who view branding and advertising as a top two growth strategy are twice as likely to see revenue growth of 5% or more than those that don’t (67% to 33%).

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“Blue Collar” Sales and Selling

CaseInterview.com

They aspire to be a McKinsey partner, a Goldman Sachs partner, a startup CEO or a leader in industry. I find the prejudice against working in sales incredibly ironic. What do you think McKinsey or Goldman Sachs partners are anyway? It’s sales too. 2) Will you decide to improve your sales skills, or not?

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