Research has shown that the cost of acquiring a new customer is five times greater than the cost of retaining a current customer. Despite this, 44 percent of companies put their resources primarily ...

Every day when I walk to my office in Brooklyn, the majority of people are walking in the other direction towards the subway. I assume many of them are heading to their jobs in Manhattan, and by the ...

I wrote several business plans while obtaining my MBA from the University at Buffalo. But, for some reason, I totally skipped that part when it was time to launch my consulting business. My only real ...

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Working as a consultant makes it possible to ease into retirement after you’ve said farewell to the office. Bringing in more money during retirement has a host of financial benefits beyond an extra ...

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We all reach a point in our careers when we start getting questions about our experience or expertise. Perhaps you’ve been asked if you can do someone a favor and "look something over." Or maybe ...

I am pursuing a career as an independent contractor in IT PM and have 15+ years of overall IT experience. I have primarily worked through recruiters, but would really like to be out on my own, ...

In the past few months, "consulting tech" startups like Dialogue and Profound have nabbed funding deals from Silicon Valley ...