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How to Succeed in Engineering Consulting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Engineering consulting might be for you. Here’s a look at why engineers branch out into consulting, the best ways to get started and how to ensure success. The pros (and a few cons) of consulting. Engineers who choose consulting say they like the autonomy and the chance to feel ownership in their projects. Success tips.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Expert Networks.

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10 Financial Decisions Before Starting Your First Business

Smart Hustle Magazine

The great startup plans may never develop into profitable businesses without a strategy and some financial measures. It’s nearly difficult to build a roadmap to financial prosperity for your organization without a business strategy. Make a strategy to pay off your highest-interest debt first, then work your way down.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

Both Sides of the Table

He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. Do you think a multi-channel distribution strategy is important to guard against unforeseen changes? (51:30

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How to get superior returns in VC

David Teten VC

It seems reasonable to assume that USV’s investment strategy (i.e., Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” He points out that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs have virtually identical strategies. – Thoughtful fund management. – Incubating companies.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

Were their consultants? In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. Triangulate.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

Were their consultants? In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. They hired a consultant to help them with the review. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors. Triangulate.