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.
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Who pays: CFOs and owners of mid-size companies.
Typical price: $150 to $350 an hour, or 15% to 50% of savings
Who pays: Logistics managers and controllers at shippers.
Typical price: 20% to 50% of recovered overcharges
Who pays: Owners and operations heads at growing companies.
Typical price: $150 to $200 an hour, or a monthly retainer
Who pays: Founders and first finance hires at startups.
Typical price: $100 to $250 an hour, or $1,500 to $8,000 a month
Who pays: Founders of SaaS companies with $1M to $20M in ARR.
Typical price: $3,000 to $12,000 a month
Who pays: Founders preparing a seed or Series A raise.
Typical price: $5,000 to $15,000 per model
Who pays: Founders and marketing leads at small companies.
Typical price: $7,500 to $15,000 per sprint
Who pays: Founders and first sales leaders at B2B companies.
Typical price: From $5,000 per audit
Who pays: Marketing heads at B2B software and service companies.
Typical price: $75 to $200 an hour, or $500 to $5,000 a month
Who pays: Founders and marketing leads at e-commerce brands.
Typical price: $400 to $2,500 a month freelance, agencies $3,000 or more
Who pays: Owners and administrators of independent clinics.
Typical price: $5,000 to $25,000 per project
Who pays: Clinic owners and care facility administrators.
Typical price: $75 to $250 an hour
Who pays: Private and group practices adding new clinicians.
Typical price: $100 to $300 per provider, per payer
Who pays: Seed to Series A founders.
Typical price: About $7,500 for a 2-week sprint
Who pays: Heads of data and CTOs.
Typical price: From $3,000 for a 1-week audit
Who pays: SaaS companies whose new users drop off after sign-up.
Typical price: $3,000 to $8,000 per audit
Who pays: Growing companies with Salesforce and no full-time admin.
Typical price: $85 to $150 an hour
Who pays: Founders and operations leads at companies of 10 to 100.
Typical price: $1,000 to $5,000 per handbook
Who pays: Seed and early-stage startups hiring several roles at once.
Typical price: $75 to $250 an hour
Who pays: HR and people teams at growing companies.
Typical price: $244 a session on average, $272 in North America
Who pays: Founders and heads of sales at startups.
Typical price: From $3,000 per project
Who pays: Legal, procurement and finance leaders at mid-size firms.
Typical price: $178 an hour on average, or from $5,000 a month
Who pays: CEOs, CFOs and chiefs of staff at growing companies.
Typical price: $1,500 to $5,000 or more per deck
Who pays: HR and L&D leaders at mid-size and large companies.
Typical price: $100 to $150 an hour
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