<div dir="ltr"><div>Recommendations: <br></div><div><br></div><div>1. We find someone who has run or been highly involved in a small consultancy to share what business skills are required. Also, "The Personal MBA" is one of the best business books I've ever read. Figuring out how to share the compensation for those doing overhead work is a thing.<br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Background and personality. Okay, I'll be honest. Many of us aren't the most socially charming. Well, YOU might be, but I have to consciously work at it. Further, while our beliefs and politics may diverge, certain business customers preclude certain activities. Something to be aware of and consider.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Someone lead. The rest of us follow. Remember; the ark was built by a passionate amateur. The Titanic was built by a committee of professionals.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 11:12 AM maddog via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Nothing against doing long-term and remote projects, but even the best of us max out on cycles. Then we short change the "bread and butter" smaller jobs that kept us going.<br><br>Forming the co-op and creating that Rolodex(R) style contact list allows you to do both.<br><br>md<br><br><br>Sent from Xfinity Connect Application<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:jonhall80@comcast.net" target="_blank">jonhall80@comcast.net</a>, <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a><br>Sent: 2019-05-02 11:05:07 AM <br>Subject: Re: [ale] consulting climate?<br><br><div style="text-align:left;direction:ltr"><div><a href="http://ale.org/consultants" target="_blank">ale.org/consultants</a> ?</div><div><br></div><div>I enjoyed the time I spent freelancing. Stable income is also good. If I had a decent run at a large enough project set to see several months (or more) of consultant-class fees, I would go back.</div><div><br></div><div>Remote access is the only way to go for long term projects. </div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, 2019-05-02 at 11:00 -0400, maddog via Ale wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:2px solid rgb(114,159,207);padding-left:1ex"><pre>Heck,</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I would just change the address and telephone number on your existing website and give the co-op a go.</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>md</pre><pre><br></pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Sent from Xfinity Connect Application</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>From: </pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>To: </pre><a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank"><pre>ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>Sent: 2019-05-02 8:50:18 AM </pre><pre>Subject: [ale] consulting climate?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>Guys,</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>I might find myself out of work soon, so I'm thinking of what to do next. I </pre><pre>used to run a consulting business years ago in New Orleans and enjoyed it </pre><pre>quite a bit.What's the perceived climate these days for a Linux freelancer on </pre><pre>the northeast side of town (though I wouldn't completely rule out a good did </pre><pre>in Cobb)?</pre><pre><br></pre><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Ale mailing list</pre><a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org" target="_blank"><pre>Ale@ale.org</pre></a><pre><br></pre><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank"><pre>https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</pre></a><pre><br></pre><pre>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at</pre><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_blank"><pre>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</pre></a><pre><br></pre></blockquote><div><span><pre><pre>-- <br></pre>James P. Kinney III
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