The Consultant's Quick Start Guide

Your complete blueprint for starting out in the consulting world!

Consulting can be a most rewarding career--but being good at consulting is not always enough to keep your business profitable. The Consultant's Quick Start Guide offers a practical approach to setting up a consulting business. Throughout the guide, Elaine Biech--author of the best-selling The Business of Consulting--shares both her own secrets as well as those of numerous other successful consultants. With a focus on the business side of consulting, Biech takes you through a painless, fill-in-the-blanks, step-by-step process for setting up your consulting firm.

The book includes information on how to:

Develop a dynamic business plan

Market consulting services

Establish a professional office

Meet critical legal requirements

Change for services

Build client relationships

Grow the business

Ensure continued professional growth

* Make money in the business

Learn the skills you need to be a successful consultant with this indispensable guide!