■Business ideas

Find consulting business ideas in your job title.

These consulting business ideas start from a job title you may already hold. Pick your field or search your last job title. Each card shows who pays, what they pay and where to find your first client.

Procurement directorDIRECTION 1Supplier cost auditsDIRECTION 2Fractional procurement leadDIRECTION 3Vendor contract renegotiationNurse managerDIRECTION 1Clinical workflow auditsDIRECTION 2Staff scheduling consultingDIRECTION 3New-grad nurse onboardingProduct managerDIRECTION 1Product discovery sprintsDIRECTION 2Fractional head of productDIRECTION 3Roadmap reviews for startups
■12 ideas, 7 fields

Browse consulting business ideas by field.

Every idea page lists its sources, so you can check each price yourself.

Operations

Supplier cost audits

From: Procurement director

Who pays: CFOs and owners of mid-size companies.

Typical price: $150 to $350 an hour, or 15% to 50% of savings

Operations

Freight cost reviews

From: Supply chain manager

Who pays: Logistics managers and controllers at shippers.

Typical price: 20% to 50% of recovered overcharges

Finance

Month-end close set-up for startups

From: Financial controller

Who pays: Founders and first finance hires at startups.

Typical price: $100 to $250 an hour, or $1,500 to $8,000 a month

Finance

Fractional FP&A for software companies

From: FP&A manager

Who pays: Founders of SaaS companies with $1M to $20M in ARR.

Typical price: $3,000 to $12,000 a month

Marketing and sales

Brand positioning sprints

From: Brand marketing manager

Who pays: Founders and marketing leads at small companies.

Typical price: $7,500 to $15,000 per sprint

Marketing and sales

Sales process audits

From: Enterprise account executive

Who pays: Founders and first sales leaders at B2B companies.

Typical price: From $5,000 per audit

Healthcare

Clinical workflow audits

From: Nurse manager

Who pays: Owners and administrators of independent clinics.

Typical price: $5,000 to $25,000 per project

Healthcare

Medication safety reviews for clinics

From: Hospital pharmacist

Who pays: Clinic owners and care facility administrators.

Typical price: $75 to $250 an hour

Tech

Product discovery sprints

From: Product manager

Who pays: Seed to Series A founders.

Typical price: About $7,500 for a 2-week sprint

Tech

Data pipeline audits

From: Data engineer

Who pays: Heads of data and CTOs.

Typical price: From $3,000 for a 1-week audit

People and HR

HR policy set-up for small companies

From: HR business partner

Who pays: Founders and operations leads at companies of 10 to 100.

Typical price: $1,000 to $5,000 per handbook

■How to use this page

Test a consulting idea before you build it.

  1. Pick the idea closest to work you have done for years. Buyers pay for experience they can check.
  2. Read who pays and what they pay. If you can name 5 people with that job title, you have a first list to call.
  3. Open the idea page for the 3 steps to paid work, the first client channels and the risks to test before you spend money.

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