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12 Steps To Getting Started as a Business Consultant

January 26th, 2010 · View Comments · Business Model, Career, Strategy

Most people think it’s difficult start a career as a business consultant. I used to think the same in my early 20s when I started in IT. In retrospect, I should have made more efforts to establish myself as a consultant earlier; the benefits certainly outweigh the downsides. As luck would have it, I was forced into a consultancy role when I lost my 9-5 job. Time to learn to hustling and bring in business.

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Do Business Leaders Need to Write Well to Succeed?

November 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Thom Haller asks on TCW if ‘to be an effective leader, you need to learn how to write well’.

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Are technical documents a waste of time?

November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, Technical Writing

“Don’t worry” she said. “No one reads this stuff anyway. Just get it done.” Sounds familiar?

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5 Reasons Why Women Are Better Technical Writers Than Men?

November 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, How To

Technical Writing attracts women. They’re very good at it and make great team leads.
Maybe I’ve been very lucky but I believe women are far better as technical writers than men.
Here are five areas where I think they have the edge of the guys.
1. Communication
When in entered technical writing, I assumed my days would be spent [...]

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Is this true? The goal of a project is to make the user successful!

November 6th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, How To, Productivity

Ben says: “The goal of a project is to make the user successful at what he wants to accomplish. Go ahead, read that previous sentence a few times. It’s one that would do well to sink in.”
Is this true?

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100 Top Women in Seattle Tech

May 11th, 2009 · View Comments · How To

100 Top Women in Seattle Tech

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