>>Well, you would know more about this than me...I work for an insurance company, so I am out of the consulting business...
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>>I do think that there are smaller businesses out there that have a lot of money..and hopefully the economy will be good for smaller businesses, so you will have lots of prospects. I guess you have to pick your clients well...let them know up-front what their cost will be...
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>>I better shut up...I am sure you know a lot more about all of this than me...
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>>Take care,
>>Joseph C. Kempel
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>>>Of course One man shops will never go away but it will be nothing like it used to be.
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>>>The biggest problem I see is a one man shop will have to concentrate on smaller businesses. This means that the paycheck will shrink because the smaller businesses do not have the funds the large ones have. I have messed with small operations before and for the most part just broke even. It would be nice to one day have a savings account.... (s)
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>>>Tom
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>A very wise man once told me to look for Clients with MainFrame budgets. He said $5,000 would be nothing in a $1 Mil budget. In a small business the owner may fall out of their chair..... (s)
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>Tom

But don't be surprised at how those with a $1M budget will squawk about $5,000.
I've seen it. I've seen a project ended because their spec went from 25 pages to 250 pages and they wondered why it was going to cost them more $$.

Steve