How to Start and Run A Consulting Business
Have you ever wanted to break out of the corporate life and be your own boss? In this course you will learn what it takes to start and be successful in your own consulting business.
What you'll learn
Have you ever wanted to break out of the corporate life and be your own boss? Many people have this dream. In this course you will learn what it takes to start and be successful in your own consulting business. Throughout this course you will learn how to determine what your company should look like, how to manage your money wisely, how to get and keep clients, how best to survive the ups and downs of the economy and how to create an exit strategy. Your instructor has been running his own successful business for over 22 years and shares his valuable insight so you too can be a success!
Table of contents
- Course Introduction 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Are You Qualified? 4m
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Owning A Business 3m
- Creating A Business Plan 3m
- Choosing A Type of Business Entity 8m
- Act Like A Business 4m
- The Law and Basic Contracts 5m
- Employees 4m
- Demo of Employee Handbook 3m
- Contractors 3m
- Process and Procedures 2m
- Time Management 3m
- Balancing Your Life 4m
- Integrity in Business 1m
- Summary 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Attracting Clients 3m
- Free Offers 2m
- Business Cards 2m
- Email 1m
- Website 4m
- One-Page Flyers 1m
- Brochures 2m
- Videos 1m
- Writing 3m
- Newsletters 2m
- Press Releases 1m
- Publicity 1m
- Trade Shows 2m
- Speaking 2m
- Social Networking 3m
- Business Networking 1m
- Volunteer 1m
- Tracking 2m
- Client Management 3m
- Summary 2m
About the author
Paul has over thirty years of experience architecting information systems and his expertise is in much demand from Fortune 500 companies. Paul is a Pluralsight author, has published 400+ articles, and authored over 14 books on topics ranging from JavaScript, Angular, C#, SQL Server and many .NET technologies. Paul is a frequent speaker at conferences and user groups.