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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Banking salaries average 50-100% higher than consulting salaries , with the difference increasingly significant as your seniority increases.

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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Management consultants assist organisations by providing advice to address specific problems and to improve organisational performance. Nature of the job. They do this by selling stocks and bonds to public investors.

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5 Steps to Becoming a Millionaire as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

When you subcontract through an agency or consulting firm you are usually paid about 65 percent of what you're worth. For the first 10 years of my consulting business, I had two major clients who hired me repeatedly. I was following my guiding principles as a consultant: • Do whatever it takes to keep your word. Spend wisely.

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How I Became a Millionaire as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Yet my bank account says I’m a millionaire. How can other self-employed consultants become wealthy too? Reflecting on my years as an independent consultant, I’ve boiled it down to five keys to success. Five Steps to Becoming a Millionaire Consultant 1. As an independent consultant, cash flow is erratic.

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Want to Start a Consulting Business? 10 Reasons Why You Should!

Consulting Matters

This year marked my official 10 year anniversary of starting my own consulting business. It was back in 2010 when I officially launched my website and grew my consulting business from $0-$300,000 in the first 18 months. I was now a single mom with only $200 in the bank. Want to travel in the summer? I could write.

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Business Ecosystems: Building Stronger Connections

Tom Spencer

For instance, a bank might launch a property search platform where it advertises its mortgages, such as the property search site hosted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Consultants are understandably eager to stay at the forefront of these ecosystem developments.

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Bulger Partners – Strategy Consulting for the Software Economy

Management Consulted

Have we got a treat for you today, as we highlight up-and-coming software consulting firm Bulger Partners. What makes Bulger Partners even more unique among consulting firms is the fact that the firm houses Strategy Consulting and Investment Banking arms under the same roof, and even has a small PE fund. BULGER PARTNERS.

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