Product DescriptionThe acclaimed Million Dollar Consulting gives consultants the tools and advice they need to grow a firm that rakes in at least $1 million per year. Alan Weiss, ''the consultant's consultant,'' shows step-by-step how to raise capital, reel in new clients, set fees, accelerate growth, and more. This updated and expanded edition will appeal to both Weiss's many current fans and a whole new generation of readers looking for the best advice available for anyone who wants to build a million-dollar consulting/speaking career.
What Others Say
Glad I didn't throw it away!
I started to read the book twice. First when I bought it and then when I went on vacation. For some reason the writing style is complicated to follow and I didn't find it interesting. About a year later I found it in my attic and was about to throw it away. But I thought I'd give it one more try.
Low and behold it turned out to be an exceptionally good book. I'm surprised that Alan Weiss would be so candid about his experiences and he doesn't hold back.
If you are looking to get into consulting this is an incredible book. Just try to get past the first couple of chapters and it keeps getting better.
The Best Consulting Book on the Market
In "Million Dollar Consulting", Alan Weiss presents a compelling argument for his value-based pricing approach to consulting. Although not a new concept when introduced by him in 1992, Weiss has been successful at promoting it and many firms have adopted it.
Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice is targeted primarily to existing consulting firms and shows them how to accelerate their growth. However, there is enough good information in here for sole practitioners and those just starting out to justify buying and reading Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice.
I do take exception to one of the author's comments on page 204. "Do not vanity publish or self-publish - it's a waste of time, and no one is impressed." As an author and self-publisher of three books, including one ... Read More
A Masterpiece!
Alan's work here is a masterpiece that no consultant should miss. You will read and review it again and again. it will make you rich.
For the CEOs best friend
I was impressed by the few first pages in the book. But as you read along there is very little added.
In my humble opinion the book becomes quite self centric to mister Weiss. If you have access to a lot of top level CEOs and you need somebody to tell you you should charge them fat fees which would exceed "normal" hourly rates, then Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice is for you, but then again why would you be after a book like this in that situation.
Sure there are good lines here and there, but overall for me it was not too much fun reading. It is quite US centric and many parts are on the edge of being childish, see chapters on technology for example.
This is the last Weiss book I'll buy.
CONSULTING AS A WAY OF GETTING VARIETY IN OUR LIVES
The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One One of the things I find most fascinating about consulting is that I can be working with one type of company on one type of issue this month and another with a different issue next month. "But don't you have to be an expert in one field and consult on that?" people ask me. And yes, there are many consultants who do just that, specializing in just one field. However, for those of us who prefer variety and combination over concentrating on just one thing, Alan's book has the perfect answer. With the approach and skill sets he describes so well here, we can be an expert in the field of consulting! I highly recommend Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice to anyone who wants to focus on ... Read More
