Is There More?
We certainly think so! The PaaS pilot is one piece of a broader effort to positively transform the playing field for independent consultants. Read on for details about the guiding vision, potential features and offerings, and how to help us shape the future.
For Consultants, By Consultants
Independent consulting is rewarding, but hard.
The landscape of online marketplaces, alumni groups, and communities is complex and ever-growing. More importantly, nearly every channel enabling independent consultants also introduces Opacity and Exclusion.
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We're working on a new model. A For Consultants by Consultants space standing on the principles of Transparency and Inclusion.
Our founding team and guiding advisors each logged at least 10 years across the consulting continuum from independent practices to the world’s largest and most well-known firms. This collective knowledge and our ongoing research highlight three valuable areas for enabling independent consultants.
WIN
Win more work, more easily, in online marketplaces
The volume of legitimate engagements in this channel grows each year. We aim to provide tools, techniques, and content that helps independent consultants spend their time more wisely and see bottom line results.
Offerings may include: content on best practices, templates, ratings and reviews of the online marketplaces, deeper analysis on each marketplace, consolidated opportunity lists to manage your online channel in one place, pitch coaching, and Pitching-as-a-Service.
DELIVER
Deliver for clients with the advantages of a large firm
Those with consulting firm backgrounds might miss the universe of functions that support high-end client delivery. ICs can’t do it all, nor should we. We aim to create a small cadre of preferred partners that help ICs punch above their weight and streamline their own practice management.
Offerings may include: discounted access to–deliverable and graphics support, research services, virtual assistants, copywriters; business services partners for websites, insurance, and financial services; access to unique education and advice for ICs; shared access to high-priced market intel services; and cash flow support via insta-pay services on your invoices.
CONNECT
Connect with other consultants for knowledge, community, and collaboration
We believe direct consultant-to-consultant connections are the most transformative power in the $350B global consulting and advisory industry today. Dozens of options exist to unlock this power but they all lack transparency and inclusion. We aim to directly connect this amazing community.
Offerings may include: a Peer-to-Peer marketplace to gift or monetize consultant time or collaborate on client pursuit and delivery, the world’s largest library of IC-generated content, promotional opportunities, and more.