article thumbnail

2020 Study: Why Smart People Start a Consulting Business (And What Holds Them Back)

Consulting Matters

I love actually impacting the customer's operations and providing a new prospective or process that changes the way they do business forever. Knowing that the base of what I want to offer may change throughout the course of my education and development, I'd like to have a solid grounding of my business operations. Where to start?

Study 156
article thumbnail

Unleashing Entrepreneurship: The Top 20 Home-Based Business Ideas

Business Consulting Agency

Statistics: E-commerce sales in the US reached $365.2 billion in 2020 (U.S. of total global retail sales by 2021 (Statista). Businesses can save up to 78% on operating costs by hiring virtual assistants (MyTasker). million active buyers in 2020 (Statista). Census Bureau). billion by 2026 (Grand View Research).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Agile Strategy Enables Significant Growth

Brimstone Consulting

The STAP helped the leadership team increase trust, establish operating mechanisms, and to unify the group around a single strategic view of the division and its future. As part of the STAP, Brimstone facilitated the process through which the leadership team worked together to create a Strategic Business Framework (SBF).

Agile 96
article thumbnail

Building a Sustainability Business Framework

Brimstone Consulting

Using diagnostic protocols, Brimstone interviewed various leaders throughout the organization, from plant managers to European sales leaders to the senior leadership team. This process provided the platform for the leader to create an operating model to accelerate the company’s adoption and execution of the sustainability initiatives.

article thumbnail

Risk consulting: The competitive landscape changes again

The Source

Operating model risk is likely to be the next big risk services market after cybersecurity. But who’ll benefit? Pre-crisis, the overall risk market was chalking up growth in the region of 8-10% a year, with demand for cybersecurity typically increasing at more than twice that rate.

article thumbnail

When is a Business Prepared for Sale?

Martinka Consulting

If the management team, or part of it, leave and sales go down so does his ultimate payout. Operations and management systems in place that will make a transition smooth. The post When is a Business Prepared for Sale? Due diligence is overwhelming my client and his staff. Its people, process and systems. and those “things” are).

Sales 40
article thumbnail

Trends Shaping the Automotive Industry in 2022

Epicflow

This year, the automotive industry is expected to continue its recovery following the headwinds of tough 2020. Electric Vehicles Production and Sales Will Grow. Interestingly, registration of electric cars in 2020 increased in major markets despite the pandemic [1]. . What else should we expect in 2022?