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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Even if your pricing strategy is to use a fixed price or to use a hybrid approach (part fixed, part variable), use your base rate as the building block and to sanity check your package pricing. Reassess your pricing strategy as your experience and confidence increase. To calculate your base rate, used the “2x 3x Estimate.”

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What / Who Is a Professional Independent Consultant?

Successful Independent Consulting

Some of us began our careers at consulting firms such as McKinsey or Deloitte. Consultants: We provide strategy and advice to people in corporations in order to solve a problem, improve a situation, or make something happen. Many of us have one (or more) advanced degrees or professional licenses, such as an MBA, J.D.

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An Insight into Special Services: Transfer Pricing

Tom Spencer

Tax advisory is primarily the province of the Big Four: Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG. A showcase example are royalties paid for patents and other intellectual property. This is the strategy followed by Apple. Transfer pricing comes into the picture when the forces of market competition are wiped out.

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Conquering the US Market With Business Consultants

Business Consulting Agency

Consultants provide insights on market trends, regulatory requirements, and customer behavior, enabling companies to tailor their strategies and offerings to the US market. Entry Strategy Development Developing a solid entry strategy is vital for a successful market entry.

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Kalypso Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Co-founded in 2004 by ex-Deloitte partners George Young and Bill Poston, and (randomly) headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Kalypso’s main mandate is to help firms expand their innovation capabilities. The firm does this by offering technology implementation services, as well as some tech advisory expertise and a little strategy work.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. Strategy Consulting & Research. However, it’s important to note that your work – should you join FTI – will be much more narrow than that of a strategy firm like Bain or BCG. Litigation technology.