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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. Second, when knee-deep in actually doing "the real work," solopreneurs are hard-pressed to find time to publish thought-leadership articles or create and manage marketing campaigns. Keep it simple. Make it personal.

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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. Instead of thinking of how companies or consulting firms typically handle business development, use an approach more like how we work as individuals and soloprenuers. It’s vexing for a variety of reasons.

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Does Your Family Business Have a Succession Plan?

Harvard Business

After leading his family’s boutique real estate development firm, Rohit Gera had to plan how the business would move forward without him.

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The Art of Persuasion: Building Buy-In and Inspiring Teams for Success W/ Alastair Wood

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

In this interview, we have the privilege of talking to Alastair Wood , Vice-President & General Counsel at Rhino , a New York-based real estate startup that aims to bring greater financial freedom to renters everywhere. How did you handle the situation, and what insights did you gain from it?

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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. Developers have two primary ways to help create new and better jobs. The second is to develop spaces and programs to incubate entrepreneurs. They are certainly important components, but they are not enough.

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Where do humans fit in AI’s long tail?

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What do music festivals, real estate developers, and the Caribbean island of Anguilla have in common? Another unique player in the AI boom is the real estate industry. Tech companies led the way, followed surprisingly by real estate firms, she said. Nadia Lovell, senior U.S.