My answer, originally published on Quora [http://www.quora.com/Why-would-anyone-want-to-be-an-employee-and-not-an-entrepreneur/answer/Sue-Raisty] . Q: Why would anyone want to be an employee and not an entrepreneur? One of the most difficult issues I've faced as an entrepreneur is…
Independent Consulting
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Are 'Product Manager' and 'Consultant' Mutually Exclusive?
When I tell people I’m a Product Management Consultant, it sometimes throws them. “Product Management Consultant? I haven’t heard of that,” they say. Then, “how does one use a consultant to help with product management? Isn’t product…
How to get a results-focused testimonial from a former colleague/client
I got some questions about results-focused testimonials after my last webinar. In the last post, I gave a high-level template, but here is one at a much more granular level of detail. It can be daunting to give this template…
What I WISH I knew about client testimonials when I was starting out
While no one has ever hired me for a project based solelybased on my collection of testimonials, my clients tell me it helped them pull the trigger and decide to go ahead with our first project. In their minds, the…
Three Options in Your Proposals
When proposing a fixed-price project to a client, I nearly always present three options for doing the project: 1. lowest price / lowest value 2. medium price / medium value 3. highest price / highest value If the client has a very small…