The consultant's quick start guide [electronic resource] : an action plan for your first year in business / Elaine Biech.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biech, Elaine.

Series:

Pfeiffer essential resources for training and HR professionals The consultant's quick start guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consulting firms--Management.

Consulting firms.

Business consultants--Vocational guidance.

Business consultants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, Calif. : Pfeiffer ; Bognor Regis : John Wiley [distributor], 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Consultant's Quick Start Guide offers a practical approach to setting up a consulting business. Throughout the guide, Elaine Biech--author of the best-selling The Business of Consulting--shares both her own secrets as well as those of numerous other successful consultants. With a focus on the business side of consulting, Biech takes you through a painless, fill-in-the-blanks, step-by-step process for setting up your consulting firm. New sections include:Why A Consulting Career-Five Reasons Why You May Be a Good InvestmentHow Much Will Clients Pay?Your first ""To Do""

Contents:

The Consultant's Quick Start Guide: An Action Plan for Your First Year in Business, Second Edition; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: First Things First: Why Consulting?; Chapter 2: Planning Your Consulting Future; Chapter 3: Dollars and Sense; Chapter 4: Taking Care of Business; Chapter 5: Your Business Plan; Chapter 6: Make the Switch Painlessly; Chapter 7: Setting Up Your Office; Chapter 8: Finding Clients; Chapter 9: Marketing; Chapter 10: Surviving the First Year; Chapter 11: So, Now What? Year Two and Beyond; Reading List; Electronic Resources

Call for IdeasCall for Papers; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2001.

ISBN:

0-470-45052-5

1-281-93757-6

9786611937577

0-470-38593-6

OCLC:

437224708