Smarter Consulting: How to start up and succeed as an independent consultant

Foreword

Chances are, if you have picked up this book you are thinking, at the very least, about the idea of taking that big step and GOING IT ALONE. Well you’ve come to the right place. This book is about getting you ready to be a successful independent consultant and, once you get operational, how to develop your business and stay the course.

The concept of this book is simple. It is a practical, how-to guide to becoming a working professional consultant. All the other books on this subject I have looked at seem not to be books at all, but lists of things to do. Well, there are lists of things to do in here as well, but I think the most helpful parts are the anecdotes about what I – and others – have experienced in running our own small ...