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Nine Things to Think About Before Taking the Leap to Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

Cash flow – This can be the hardest part of being self-employed. Relatedly, your cash flow will likely be erratic. See the point above about erratic cash flow.) While a severance package can ease the cash-flow crunch, being laid off can be demoralizing. Are you feeling confident?

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Ten Factors to Consider Before Jumping into Independent Consulting

Successful Independent Consulting

Money management · Cash flow – This is probably the hardest part about being self-employed, especially if you are going to work with large companies. This means that if you work 100 hours in January and bill for it on January 31st, you probably won’t see any cash until the middle of March. Do you have the cash to make ends meet?

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Start taking advantage of these 5 trends for small business in 2023

Asamby Consulting

Cash flow, cash flow, cash flow The economic climate is still unstable. Energy cost is a heavy burden for many businesses. In this economic climate, it remains critical for small business to stay on top of their cash flow. Here are our small business trends for 2023.

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$550 Billion Energy Junk Bond Bubble Busts; "Whac-A-Mole" Distortions in Multiple Markets

MishTalk

The energy junk bond bubble has finally popped. Junk bonds of Energy XXI Ltd. Energy XXI Ltd. Energy production is extremely capital intense, and often accompanied by negative free cash flow. Recently I have been getting numerous cold-calls, nearly all of them energy related. cents since September.

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Another Obama Clean Energy Fiasco, Potentially Involving Largest Bankruptcy in Spanish History; Appeal of Clean Energy

MishTalk

On the clean energy front, team Obama keeps plugging away with failure after failure. This go around involves a clean energy company in Spain that increasingly appears as if it will become the largest bankruptcy in Spanish history. Appeal of Clean Energy I am all in favor of clean energy.

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Over Thinking / Under Feeling

CaseInterview.com

You can do a discounted cash flow model of your future paychecks from that job offer, but you can’t do a discounted cash flow model of how a single, terrible boss can completely erode your heart and soul over time. So much about humanity does not get captured in quantitative data. The first is early measurable.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

The executives, who huddled behind closed doors in the corner office, anticipated the typical buzz of energy with the promise of free pizza. The uncertainty of the market, unstable cash flow, and the seemingly never-ending threat of recession may force companies to make tough decisions. Around 10:30 a.m.,

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