Comments on: Networking in Silicon Valley http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/07/02/networking-in-silicon-valley/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Consultants Thu, 8 Jan 2009 17:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: SKMurphy » Two Professional Groups for Consultants http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/07/02/networking-in-silicon-valley/#comment-68074 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:37:34 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/07/02/networking-in-silicon-valley/#comment-68074 [...] Run it as a business: have a one page plan of attack (”Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants” by Michael McLaughlin and “Rainmaking” by Ford Harding are two excellent books for guidance on how to do a business and marketing plan for a consulting practice. Understand the tax implications of the various forms a business can take and if you are targeting the Fortune 500 (or Silicon Valley 150) what will be required for your firm to qualify as an approved vendor. [...] […] Run it as a business: have a one page plan of attack (”Guerrilla Marketing for Consultants” by Michael McLaughlin and “Rainmaking” by Ford Harding are two excellent books for guidance on how to do a business and marketing plan for a consulting practice. Understand the tax implications of the various forms a business can take and if you are targeting the Fortune 500 (or Silicon Valley 150) what will be required for your firm to qualify as an approved vendor. […]

]]> by: Ford Harding http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/07/02/networking-in-silicon-valley/#comment-21889 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:43:23 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2007/07/02/networking-in-silicon-valley/#comment-21889 Sean Many thanks for your kind comments on my book, \"Rain Making.\" It takes so much work to write a book, that i really appreciate knowing that someone has found it helpful. An updated version with a lot of new content will be out in February, \'08. I also have a second book, \"<a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Creating-Rainmakers-Managers-Training-Professionals/dp/0471920738/\" rel="nofollow">Creating Rain Makers</a>\" recently reissued by Wiley. Ford Sean

Many thanks for your kind comments on my book, \”Rain Making.\” It takes so much work to write a book, that i really appreciate knowing that someone has found it helpful. An updated version with a lot of new content will be out in February, \’08.

I also have a second book, \”Creating Rain Makers\” recently reissued by Wiley.

Ford

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