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Hang Your Technical Shingle – An Introduction to Consulting

posted on January 4, 2021

Introduction

This course will teach you how to become a technical consultant. It is born out of Chris’s experience spinning up an electronics design consultancy (Analog Life Consulting) since August of 2018. This course represents much of the information he wish he had when he started, including high level topics such as:

  • Accounting and more generally handling money
  • Legal needs and contracts
  • How to market your services
  • Maintaining client relationships
  • How to manage your time
  • How to stay professional
  • How to get help when you need it
  • And a bit about electronics specifically (note the other content is more generic)

For more information, check out the associated videos below. Each high level “lesson” has a video explaining that section, as well (ie. Marketing has an introduction video)

Access

This is a paid course, only available to Master Members of Contextual Electronics. However, many of the overview videos in lessons are public, only the topic videos are private.

Course Content

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Lessons Status
1

Introduction to the Consulting Course
  • Legal Disclaimer
  • How should you refer to yourself?
  • My consulting journey
  • Journaling and Accountability

2

Money Handling
  • Choosing your accounting software
  • Personal Finances

3

Marketing
  • Your first marketing audit
  • Area of Expertise
  • Comparative Consultant Study
  • Introduction to Content Marketing
  • Network Audit
  • Reaching out
  • Branding

4

Legal and Administration
  • Business Structure
  • Contracts – MNDA
  • Contracts – ICA
  • Finding an Attorney

5

Client Relationship Management
  • Parsing Clients

6

Time Management and Operations
  • Work Tracking
  • Directory Structure

7

Professionalism
  • Dedicated email

8

Resourcefulness
  • Finding a tutor

9

Mindset
  • Making the leap
  • The concept of “Enough”
  • Stress Relief

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