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Got something totally different today! In this special “Mondays Rock” edition of The Corbin Links Show, I’m reading through a recent MR Letter. But Corbin, what the hell is a “Mondays Rock” letter anyway? Stay tuned, and I’ll share how to get yours for free, week after week. Here’s the intro: (Note to self: No […]

I was recently chatting with a coaching client who asked me about tech skills. She didn’t consider herself very computer literate or technically savvy, and wanted advice on what tech skills to focus on. It’s a great question, and something I’ve been meaning to talk about for a while. Today is that day! There are […]

Today, Jacob asks “do I really need a business if clients already pay me?”

Based on the question, we have both demand **and** business validation—great! Seems all is going well.

Should he take all the steps to form a business when things seem to be going so well already? After all, clients are paying him without any formal business structure at all. Why change?

This is a great question in a couple different ways. And it dovetails nicely off last week’s Q&A episode 007, where Tracy had the “prequel” question. Jacob, I have have some thoughts on this.

What You Will Learn

In today’s Questions and **Actions** episode, you will learn:

1. The signs it is time to go pro with your business.
2. Other options if you’re not yet ready for full indy pro. (Freelancing, or avoiding “babysitter syndrome”)
3. Can a business entity, insurance, and paperwork actually help you get more clients?
4. Can you really effectively deliver coaching and consulting from a noisy beach somewhere?
5. Next steps and your weekend homework.

Whether you’re starting a new coaching business or IT / technical consulting company—or have been in one a long time—you know about client paperwork. Lots of paperwork! In fact, it can sometimes take days, weeks—even months—to get the paperwork done. Non Disclosure Agreements, Scope of Work Documents, Master Consulting Agreements, Computing or Fair Use Policies, […]

I’ve talked a lot in recent episodes about clients, billing, profits, RFP, and other consulting topics. But what about the most fundamental question: what do you really need to start a consulting business? The list of things you actually need to start consulting, is quite small——7, in fact. What’s even more important is what the […]