That is exactly what I have done. I used to do this for large projects and definately see the alue in doing so in the micro/smb arena. At least in terms of con
On 13/01/2009, at 2:44 PM, Elias Bizannes wrote: > If you are a consultant working alone, why don't you borrow some > thinking from the industrial age: that being, creating a firm so as > to minimise the costs of transactions that you would otherwise incur > alone. > > As you spend your time > 1) Finding work > 2) Admin > 3) Doing work > > ...why not create a loose collective to economise on the admin and > finding? Cross promotion of each other? Pooled resources on research? > > Just a thought. > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Stephen Collins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I think the challenge for many of us in 2009 will be to continue to > prove our relevance to our clients. Many of us who are in small or > solo businesses will have to fight for work (although I have a newly > signed client today, so I'm happy about that) in a more competitive > market. We'll need to review pricing, terms and the way we do things. > > I agree that there's plenty of work to be had. I have this new client > and two other leads that I am pretty certain will come through. > > One thing that I'm already involved in that I think more of us will > need to do is combining our services with others that offer > complementary or matching services. As an example, I'm working with a > few well-known names in the Enterprise 2.0 space to come up with a > vendor- and analyst-independent offering to provide services to > clients wherever they are. > > We're all going to have to tighten belts and spend less. Maybe the new > laptop every two years will stretch to three... > > Steve > -- > Stephen Collins > Cell +61 410 680722 > Skype trib22 > www.twitter.com/trib > www.linkedin.com/in/stephencollins > > www.acidlabs.org > > acidlabs > Conversation. Collaboration. Community. > > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private > > > > > -- > Elias Bizannes > http://liako.biz > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
