>I'm looking at the independent idea a lot lately. This is for independent consultants who have been on their own for two or more years. Just a couple of questions:
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>1) What's the population of your metro area?

1.5 Million

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>2) What's your primary method of developing new business: word of mouth, ads, luck?

word of mouth

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>3) Do you find yourself working for a lot of the companies you used to work for as an employee?

No

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>4) How do you deal with things like insurance, etc?
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>I'm going to thank everybody in advance so I won't waste bandwidth.
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>Thanks!!!!!

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