by Rob O'Byrne | Jul 12, 2014 | New Businesses, Start Consulting
Think about the consulting niche that you plan to operate in.You probably have considerable experience and expertise in it already, otherwise you wouldn’t be considering starting your own management consulting business! Who else consultants in this...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jun 20, 2014 | Marketing, New Businesses
Yes, you need a website! Why? Because that’s how 30-40% of your clients will find you! If you picked a really cool consulting business name, then picking a name for your website is easy. It should be the same…. Don’t make it hard for people to...
by Rob O'Byrne | May 20, 2014 | New Businesses, Start Consulting
There are some great names out there for Consulting Businesses, and some really bad ones. If you are a Top 5 Global business you can get away with rather obscure business names. For a start up, you can’t. Perhaps one of the most important decisions you’ll...
by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 25, 2014 | Start Consulting
Consulting is not an easy career. Particularly if you want to start and run your own consulting business. Are you sure you want to start consulting? Or maybe what you have in mind is more like contracting? Many of the people I meet who say they are independent...
by Rob O'Byrne | Dec 3, 2013 | Start Consulting
OK, this might sound a bit obvious. But consulting in my mind at least, is 95% a ‘people’ business. But some consultants just don’t get it. Over the years I’ve seen so many consultants, in large firms and small, who are really...