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What Is Freelance Consulting? & How To Get Your First Clients

Consulting Success

For example, a strategy consultant might work for a big firm like McKinsey or Bain. But a freelance strategy consultant works for themselves —. Freelance consulting refers to offering consulting (expert advice in a particular industry) as an independent self-employed business owner instead of as an employee of a consulting firm.

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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Even if your pricing strategy is to use a fixed price or to use a hybrid approach (part fixed, part variable), use your base rate as the building block and to sanity check your package pricing. Reassess your pricing strategy as your experience and confidence increase. To calculate your base rate, used the “2x 3x Estimate.”

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How BCG, Bain & the Consulting Industry Got Started

CaseInterview.com

There's a great article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek that while several years old does a great job at discussing how the global strategy consulting industry got started, why Boston Consulting Group was founded, how Bain was a spinoff of BCG, and how Bain Capital was a spinoff of Bain. Additional Resources.

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Big 4 Accounting Firm vs McKinsey, Bain and BCG

CaseInterview.com

apply to McKinsey and Bain as well). balance as a unique selling point vs. strategy houses, but instead their recruitment messaging is that it's consulting so you will work long. is a no-brainer decision - always go for the strategy house!!! Although I haven't been at BCG for that long, I can already see an enormous.

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Bain Case Interview Preparation Tips from an Industry Hire

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Below is a success story and case interview preparation tips I received from a new Bain consultant who was recruited as an industry hire. After celebrating the Bain offer, I am finally debriefing you on my recruiting prep. Contemporary Strategy Analysis from R.Grant - for "framework stock" (I will explain that later).

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

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I applied to nine firms, and I had networked heavily with the four major players here in Germany, which are McKinsey, BCG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (which are huge here!), However, I got invited by all top firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Berger)! I interviewed last autumn for a post-MBA/PhD position at the top firms in Germany.

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Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

Management Consulted

This week’s post is on Lords of Strategy - written by Walter Kiechel III , a journalist for 30 years, serving as an editor of Fortune and editorial director of Harvard Business Publishing. and key consulting companies (BCG, Bain & Co, McKinsey, A.T. Quick overview. 3 interesting book insights. 3 interesting book insights.

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