Start Your Own Consulting Business

Startup Series

by Entrepreneur Press, Eileen Figure Sandlin

Get Paid for Your Experience Want to strike out on your own and take control of your job security? Become a consultant-it could be a lucrative move. Whether you're a computer whiz, a business expert or a fundraising dynamo, your special skills are in demand. Learn everything you need to know to turn your expertise into a profitable business. Learn how

Genres: Business

100 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2002

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too generic

[Tim Thiessen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid overview. Enjoyed it. Took away some good things for the future.

[Chris Munson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok (though not great) step-by-step how-to guide for opening your own consulting practice from the folks at Entrepreneur magazine. The book covers the nuts-and-bolts foundational steps such as defining your target market, marketing, pricing your service, etc. that are often left out of other books around developing a consulting practice. The best use of this book is to develop a framework/outline of steps that you want to take to build your consulting practice. Then use other more rigorous texts (such as Alan Weiss' entire collection) to fill in the gaps in your knowledge areas. One really annoying aspect of this book is that it keeps referring to a sister book called "Startup Basics" which doesn't appear to be available anymore. Does have some good sample templates that are quite useful...otherwise it would have scored lower. An ok text to start you on your consulting journey...but will leave you feeling less than adequately informed.

[Libromagno.com · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un buen libro pero para principiantes

El libro de Eileen Figure Sandlin, en asociación con Entrepreneur Press es un muy buen libro para comenzar un pequeño negocio de consultoría (principalmente localizado en los Estados Unidos). Este material brinda un sinnumero de consejos prácticos y útiles para ese empleado que sueña con comenzar su aventura de emprendimiento.

Algo seguro es que este libro es solo el primer paso, pues en mi opinión para comenzar con un negocio de consultoría se necesita este y muchos más materiales pues este libro está bastante lejos de ser un material suficiente para emprender nuevos negocios.

Definitivamente el libro tiene algunos datos que deben actualizarse, pero no por ello deja de ser esencial y apropiado para comenzar un negocio de consultoría. Creo que todo consultor debe leerlo.

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5