This guide is meant to help data engineers, software engineers, analysts, data scientists and other technical specialists break into consulting.
Also, I added in a (Free) or (Paid) tag to denote whether a resource requires a purchase or not.
- Consulting Templates
- Youtube Channels
- Starting Your Consulting Company Path
- Books
- Podcasts
- Newsletters
- Communities
- Discovery Call Template(Free)
- Proposal Email(Free)
- Proposal Template(Free)
- Basic Deck(Free)
- Project Kick-Off Email(Free)
- Onboarding Checklist(Free)
- Data Infra Audit Template(Paid)
- Project Update Email(Free)
- Original Source For Templates Above(Free)
- Make the jump!
- Pick Your Niche(Free)
- Legal Setup(Free)
- Get Insurance(Free)
| Insurance type | Who it's for | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| General liability insurance | Any business | This coverage protects against financial loss as the result of bodily injury, property damage, medical expenses, libel, slander, defending lawsuits, and settlement bonds or judgments. |
| Product liability insurance | Businesses that manufacture, wholesale, distribute, and retail a product | This coverage protects against financial loss as a result of a defective product that causes injury or bodily harm. |
| Professional liability insurance | Businesses that provide services to customers | This coverage protects against financial loss as a result of malpractice, errors, and negligence. |
| Commercial property insurance | Businesses with a significant amount of property and physical assets | This coverage protects your business against loss and damage of company property due to a wide variety of events such as fire, smoke, wind and hail storms, civil disobedience and vandalism. |
| Home-based business insurance | Businesses that are run out of the owner’s personal home | Coverage that’s added to homeowner’s insurance as a rider can offer protection for a small amount of business equipment and liability coverage for third-party injuries. |
| Business owner’s policy | Most small business owners, but especially home-based business owners | A business owner’s policy is an insurance package that combines all of the typical coverage options into one bundle. They simplify the insurance buying process and can save you money. |
- Buidling A Website and Online Presence(Free)
- How To Get Clients(Free)
- What Should You Charge As A Data Consultant(Free)
- Client Acquisition - Networking At Events(Free)
- Client Acquisition - Marketing(Free)
- Client Acquisition - Sale(Free)s
- Client Acquisition - Vendor Partnerships(Paid)
- Client Acquisition - Ask Me Anything Session - Vendor Partnerships(Paid)
- Client Acquisition - Referrals(Paid)
- Develop a Sales Pitch(Free)
- Consulting vs contracting- Everything you need to know
- Pricing Strategy(Paid)
- Setting Fees As A Consultant - Different Pricing Tiers
- Why You Shouldn't Price Hourly(Paid)
- Consulting Vs Contracting(Paid)
- How To Kill Your Profits As A Consultant(Free)
- Are You Ready To Start Consulting?(Paid)
- Why Data Engineers LOVE/HATE Airflow(Free)
- 4 Alternatives to Fivetran: The Evolving Dynamics of the ETL & ELT Tool Market(Free)
- Do You REALLY Need A Data Warehouse - What Are The Benefits Of A Data Warehouse?(Free)
- Linkedin - How To Create Viral Posts(Paid)
- Million Dollar Consulting: The Professional's Guide to Growing a Practice(Paid)
- Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant(Paid)
- $100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No(Paid)
- Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lined Up to Do Business with You(Paid)
- The Trusted Advisor(Paid)
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable(Paid)
- The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever(Paid)
- The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You(Paid)
- Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling(Paid)
- HBR's 10 Must Reads on Communication(Paid)
- Consulting Project Example - Embedded Analytics Discovery Project(Free)
- Consulting Project Example - The Basic Data Stack(Paid)
- My First 6-Figure Consulting Project(Free)
- How To Deliver Value To Clients - Talking To Matt Chung About Quitting Amazon To Consult(Free)
- How To Lead Technology Transformations In Non-Profits - With Justin Birdsong(Free)
- Starting A Data Consulting Company - A Live Chat With Alex The Analyst(Free)
- Dealing With Messy Data Infrastructure And Migrations(Free)