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Good effort though - what is it you do?
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Nahh - ship it to bob for much cheapness and you can sit back with the G&T's and let him do all the work.
Good effort though - what is it you do?Rule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Good one!Originally posted by Menelaus View PostI posted a note earlier this week on cold calling and having blagged a meeting with a possible client for MyCo.
Just got in from said meeting and have secured £25,000 for a piece of work that'll work out at being around 3.5 weeks long.
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I'm a mathematical modeller for credit portfolios, liquidity and market risk... with precisely zero commercial skills but my "secret sauce" seems to be not bulltulipting in the same way that the big 4 do, doing small team gigs (me plus 0.5 (as necessary)) and delivering fast.
The gig that I've cold-called-and-sold, KPMG (eg) would have sold it for around £100,000 and taken three months to do it. Sod that, especially as the co in question mentioned that (quote):
"at least you're not giving me numbers that would make me sound interested but having me shifting uncomfortably in my seat".
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Next time 40k ...Originally posted by Menelaus View Post"at least you're not giving me numbers that would make me sound interested but having me shifting uncomfortably in my seat".
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And there's the problem ... I couldn't do that with a straight face knowing:Originally posted by Zippy View PostNext time 40k ...
(a) how long the work will take
(b) how much more accurate my output will be
(c) (correlated with (a) above) how easy I find it to do
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All we need, another "Much quickness, plenty cheapness" wallah.Originally posted by Menelaus View PostThe gig that I've cold-called-and-sold, KPMG (eg) would have sold it for around £100,000 and taken three months to do it. Sod that, especially as the co in question mentioned that (quote):
"at least you're not giving me numbers that would make me sound interested but having me shifting uncomfortably in my seat".
Bob will be getting upset.How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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You big softieOriginally posted by Menelaus View PostMenelaus the co believes in doing a Fair Trade models deal ...
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Well it's good to know that it's not a million miles away from the spreadsheets I'm working on in Geneva and that there is a market for this type of work.Originally posted by norrahe View PostRule Number 1 - Assuming that you have a valid contract in place always try to get your poo onto your timesheet, provided that the timesheet is valid for your current contract and covers the period of time that you are billing for.
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Tell em your building a consultancy
Agree next time £40K, This time you're doing it cheap to get a foot in the door!
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