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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. Consulting though has many aspects – it’s not just about smooth talking. What are the different types of consultants? What does ‘consulting’ mean?

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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. And then to complicate my challenges, I found myself in an unexpected divorce that literally decimated my finances.

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Pros and Cons of a Career in Consulting

Tom Spencer

One of the most mentioned career paths after graduating from Harvard is consulting. It is one of the few industries, apart from investment banking, that is a stereotype for every graduating class, and people start preparing for it from freshman year through joining multiple consulting clubs on campus. Exit Opportunities. Working Hours.

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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Business development consultants enable companies to reach their full potential and rescue companies that are struggling to survive. We heard bad things about your company.

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The Emerging Spend Management Sector: Simplifying Your Accounting Processes

Speaker: Spencer Falbo, Principal at Kong Basile Consulting

For a long time, the market has offered point solutions for accounts payable, such as bill payment, expense management, travel software, and corporate cards. In this webinar Spencer Falbo, principal at Kong Basile Consulting, will teach you: How to incorporate spend management into your existing workflows.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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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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