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5 Basic Steps for Starting a Profitable Consulting Business
You have years of experience solving problems at work. What would someone pay you to solve independently?
In Episode 270 of Company of One, Dale Callahan walks through five steps for starting a consulting business: choose a recognizable buyer, understand where the problem becomes costly, get a specific introduction, investigate what actually happened, and define one credible result.
With examples from engineering, education, small business, and rental property, Dale shows how to investigate an idea before building a service around it. Much of this groundwork can happen while you remain…
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