by Rob O'Byrne | Oct 4, 2016 | Finance and Insurance, Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
Taking care of tax and accounting is a necessary evil once you’ve launched your business as an independent consultant. The first thing you will need to do is let the tax office know that you are in business. From then on, you will need to keep your accounts in...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jun 14, 2016 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
If you’re leaving your corporate job for a new career as an independent consultant, you may never have had to write a business plan. This is rarely a task that falls upon employees, so unless you have previously owned a business of your own, there’s no...
by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 12, 2016 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
If you’re in the early throes of planning your new consulting career, you might already have pondered the question of specialising versus generalizing. It can be tricky to decide how far to limit your scope and audience by tying yourself to a consulting speciality....
by Rob O'Byrne | Apr 4, 2015 | Consulting Clients, Start Consulting
Here’s a true story that might get you thinking…. Sometimes we don’t know that we need expert help and other times we know we need help but don’t know who to ask! This happened to me this week… Yes, There’s a lesson in this. As you may know I’m in...
by Rob O'Byrne | Mar 4, 2015 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
If you are thinking of starting your own consulting business…STOP! Ask yourself these questions before you go too much further: Why do you want to get into consulting? Why do you want to start your own consulting business? What is it about consulting that...
by Rob O'Byrne | Jan 4, 2015 | Start Consulting, Tips on Consultng
How independent do you expect your Management Consultants to be? Let me explain the background to this question… I’ve been in Management Consulting now since 1994. And I have run my own consulting business since 1997, that has since developed into a group...
