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So You Want to Be a Consultant? Part II

Robert Weiner

Pricing structures. As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? Different price structures are ok for different projects. How to size up clients if they’re a good fit? what are the red flags? how to set boundaries, say no, share bad news? Starting out on my own. How to decide to do pro bono?

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Advice for Consultants - Part 3

Robert Weiner

decide what your legal structure will be (sole practitioner, LLC, S Corp). Deal with legal and administrative stuff, such as: get a business license. publish your business name in the paper. get a Federal Tax ID. set up systems for tracking income, expenses, and invoices. You might want an accountant or lawyer to help you with all of this.

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So You Want to Be a Consultant?

Robert Weiner

There are no failures as much as learning for the next client… Try to avoid drama in an organization - sometimes the project scope has unreasonable structure (not enough time, for example - and don’t wait to explain delays or concerns in deliverables.

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