Starting an Online Consulting Business

Consultants are superb entrepreneurs, and frequently sole-proprietors. They have a comprehensive grasp of knowledge in a specialized area or field. And they provide that information and the benefits of their expertise, as needed, to their clients, often on a contractual basis. Perhaps you’ve become an acknowledge expert in your field. You may be ready to hang out your own shingle, and start your consulting service business.

We’ve grouped the following resources together as a starting point for your research into what it would take to start your own medical billing business. In addition to the free content (such as sample business plans that you can read in full online), you will also find links for additional tools and products to help you move from the “where do I begin?” research step to the “how do I get started?” step — when you’re ready.

Looking for inspiration? Check out our Consulting sample business plans. See how others like you got started and turned their business idea into a reality. One of these plans can be read fully online, and the other plans provide online summaries. All of these plans are available in LivePlan.

How do you make the leap from employee to entrepreneur? Our business planning experts have tips to help you become a successful consultant. The following articles address many of the common types of questions entrepreneurs have about starting a business. No matter what type of business you’re interested in, you will find these articles to be helpful.