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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

They don’t know to add a hefty margin to cover things like self-employment tax, business expenses, health insurance, and nonbillable time spent on business administration. Or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company, and if so, did you have access to formal training?

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

First, consulting services were added for property and casualty insurance claim adjusters and attorneys. Intellectual property. Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. The move raised $11.1M on NASDAQ and made FTI one of the 1st public litigation-support services firms. Public Policy.

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Why African Entrepreneurship Is Booming

Harvard Business

Today, we are seeing companies with core intellectual properties (IPs) emerging out of Africa. Banks, insurance companies, and manufacturing firms started looking for local technology solutions because foreign products were eating into their margins and the economies were in bad shape for them to increase prices.

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Do Lawyers Make Better CEOs Than MBAs?

Harvard Business

A nearly $150 million settlement is pending for the fake-account scandal that roiled the bank last year, and a new scandal has emerged: Recently it has been alleged that thousands of customers were signed up for insurance without their knowledge. A bevy of lawsuits is in the pipeline, and regulatory scrutiny is intensifying.

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We Need Transparency in Algorithms, But Too Much Can Backfire

Harvard Business

How companies are using artificial intelligence in their business operations. But most algorithms in the world today are created and managed by for-profit companies, and many businesses regard their algorithms as highly valuable forms of intellectual property that must remain in a “black box.” Insight Center.