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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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100 Small Business Ideas To Get You Started

Business Consulting Agency

Teaching Online Courses. Travel Consultant. Real Estate Sales Consultant. Do you already have an idea and want to know what else is out there or do you need to get inspired. Regardless, below are 100 small business ideas to get you started. Start a Blog. Graphic Design. Web Development. Web Design. Writing eBooks.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

Take for example real estate agents, who are experts at keeping their names fresh in people’s minds: At least once a week I get a postcard listing recent home sales in my neighborhood. I’m still doing the same kind of work; let me know if you hear of any good projects. :-) ” Of course, making it more personal is better.

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$22 Billion in California Homes Sold to Chinese All-Cash Buyers; "Beginning of Tidal Wave" says NAR Chief Economist

MishTalk

Real estate is well back in bubble territory in some places, notably California. Henry Nunez, a real estate agent in Arcadia, California, met with so many homebuyers from China that he bought a Mandarin-English translation app for his phone. The company has been surprised by how word travels among overseas buyers. “A

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Brexit & The Future of Startups In Europe

Tom Spencer

You could still travel to central parts of London and see unreconstructed bomb sites left over from the war. Today, of course, London is a different city, and England is a different country – transformed, much like the U.S. Overpriced British real estate in London fueled by foreign investment does not an economy make.

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Seth's Blog: Hoarding information

Seth Godin Blog

Ask a travel agent. Fighting to keep the content of your course a secret, to pick another example, isn't sufficient when a similar course is available online. Hoarding information. Agents and brokers of any kind, in fact.

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Case Study: Should You Rehire Someone Who Left for a Competitor?

Harvard Business

Ram had led the technical analysis and design teams for their residential and commercial real estate projects, and Hari had overseen the small team of civil engineers in the field. Of course, Ram knew this was a risk of being an entrepreneur in India. It was amazing how quickly gossip traveled in their business.