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For Solopreneurs, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stress for self-employed professionals is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. First, solopreneurs are experts who are good at helping clients solve problems or achieve certain goals, but they are not usually trained in sales or marketing. It's vexing for at least three reasons. Keep it simple.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stressor for self-employed management consultants is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. First, consultants are good at helping clients solve problems but usually aren’t trained in sales or marketing. Whenever you think about business development, change the words to “relationship development.”

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Wealth Management: Building and Protecting Fortunes

Tom Spencer

The wealth manager will then work with the client to set financial goals and develop a plan to achieve those goals. This process may include developing a budget, setting short-term and long-term financial goals, and identifying any potential roadblocks that may prevent the client from achieving their goals.

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The Balanced Way to Achieve Scale and Sale with CEO Mark Johnson

Consulting Matters

Since we worked together, he took on massive promotions – he became the Chief Hospitality Officer at Wyndham, a very different role than his real estate law background, and then eventually a CEO for another company. So I was curious about the role his sage, analytical, and strategic gifts played in these transitions.

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Wealth Management 101: The Hidden World of Private Banking

Tom Spencer

The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance. In simple terms, asset management firms are the ‘manufacturers’ of investment products (e.g., clients can purchase iShares on the RBC Wealth platform).

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Toronto's Hypocritical Real Estate Boards Suppress Price Information; One Broker Strikes Back with "Pay-What-You-Want" MLS Listing

MishTalk

Hypocrisy of the Toronto real estate board is stunning. Self-Serving Hypocrites Suppress Data Please consider Toronto Real Estate Board Demands Brokers Halt Online Sales Stats. Late last night, real estate broker Fraser Beach posted an online alert he called “bad news.” Their excuse is "privacy". "

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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. EDENS, of which the latter is CEO, has led the revitalization of the 45-acre Union Market district in Northeast Washington, DC. The Union Market challenge. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs.