Carl Angotti on Strategies for Pricing Consulting Services Direct link to download “How to Decide How Much to Charge for Your Services” http://traffic.libsyn.com/skmurphy/AngottiPricing180912.mp3 Key approaches – High Level Summary Use the 1000 invoiced hours rule – To reach a desire target income, assume you can invoice 1000 out of the available 2000 working hours there […]
Startups play an important role in the Silicon Valley economy. Startup expert Sean Murphy weighs in on technology startups to give us his verdict on which technologies will have a major impact and which ones are stagnating. He will summarize startup trends and explore how they connect to the Silicon Valley ecosystem including consultants and […]
Bitcoin was going to change the world until it wasn’t. But now it is again. Oh sure, you’ve heard this before. Back in 2013, everyone was sure bitcoin was the next big thing. Then the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, imploded, and everyone was sure bitcoin was dead. Pundits tend to think that way: […]
Slides are available from the panel on “Financial and Budget Planning for Independent Consultants”. We looked at four different time frames that consultants may plan for: Managing cash flow on a project basis around the prospect-proposal-SOW-deliver-bill-paid (this may be 3 months to a year) Having an annual plan for the business A 3-5 year financial […]
Alongside “Unicorn” and “Grexit/Brexit,” “Fintech” was considered one of the top 10 financial buzzwords of 2015. But fintech isn’t a newcomer to this list — and for good reason. For a few years now, fintech companies have moved from the margins to the mainstream . They are building tech-enabled financial platforms that serve consumers better […]
Intuit recently released an eye-opening new survey reporting that there are currently 3.2 million American workers who participate in the on-demand economy. By 2020, it’s estimated that there will be almost 8 million of these on-demand workers. Many (including Intuit ) praise this on-demand movement as supporting a “new class of entrepreneur,” giving workers the […]
Stop and look around you, and you’ll see just how quickly society is running into the future. Over the past decade alone, we’ve seen monumental advancements in genetics, mobile computing, wearables and medical devices. Yet, there are a some sectors of the economy that have managed to stay stuck in the past. Specifically, healthcare. It […]
Photo Prof. Angus Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science. Credit Larry Levanti/Princeton University, European Pressphoto Agency Prof. Angus Deaton , a British economist, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science on Monday for improving the accuracy of basic economic gauges, including measures of income, poverty and consumption. Professor […]
In the 14th century, the Medici family used the power of its newly invented, double-entry accounting system to build a cross-border banking empire that banks still use today. Now more than 600 years later, cross-border payments total more than $22 trillion. These transactions are essential to conducting international business, and increasingly important as global commerce […]
Crowdfunding just got a little bit more interesting. According to SEC Regulation A+, as of today companies can secure funding via crowdfunding provided they are compliant with a set of very specific laws and standards. Crowdfunding just got a little bit more interesting. According to SEC Regulation A+, as of today companies can secure funding […]
