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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

What was the industry? When you have a specific area of expertise, it’s easier for people to remember you, refer you to their colleagues, and of course, hire you. They have a defined niche that makes them easy to remember. Next, answer these questions for each project: What was the project about? What problem was being solved?

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Student Consulting ? Does it deliver?

Tom Spencer

This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. Student consultants, as a general rule, are unlikely to hold specific expertise on their clients’ businesses or industries.

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The Consulting Value Proposition

Tom Spencer

The benefit of bringing in specialist consultants is that they are likely to have experience solving similar problems and an understanding of industry best practice. Turnarounds. Restructuring is a niche service which requires specialized knowledge and industry experience. Image: Pexels.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry.

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Are you outsourcing?

Rod Burkert

They gushed about the quality of the work, the quick turnaround, and of course, the extraordinary pricing. But of course, a big factor is the pricing advantage. More than a few colleagues told me (privately) about how they were outsourcing work to places like India and the Philippines. And if you’re new here, welcome aboard.

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Business Buy-Sell Facts

Martinka Consulting

Of course, he gets into hot water every time he does a special because he insults just about everybody. If you want to control the deal look for a turnaround business and roll the dice. Every industry is different, and ranges vary by size. Given that popularity, I figured it also makes for a good newsletter, so here we go.

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

Different industries need to test different skills and therefore depending on whether you’re applying to management consultancies, strategy consultancies or investment banking, your case study will be slightly different. Operational Cases: Operations Case, Increasing Sales, Reducing Costs, Improving the Bottom Line, Turnarounds.