Episode 34 - Michael Zipursky - ConsultingSuccess.com

Today's guest is Michael Zipursky. Michael is the co-founder of ConsultingSuccess.com which provides training, guidance and mentoring to those looking to launch and scale their Consulting businesses. Through their support Consulting Success has helped 1,000s of Consulting entrepreneurs grow their businesses - some by 6 and 7 figures - and Michael shares a number of these secrets in today's episode. Prior to launching Consulting Success Michael founded, grew and sold a number of Consulting business learning first hand what works and what doesn't. This led him to launch Consulting Success, initially as a blog to share his own experience, before demand for his insight and advice led him to turn it in to a business. Michael has also written a number of books on how to grow a successful consulting business including the best seller The Elite Consulting Mind and his most recent book Consulting Success: the Proven Guide to Start, Run and Grow a Successful Consulting Business Michael was a great guest and we discuss some really interesting topics in today's conversation including: How Michael successfully grew his Consulting firm's Japanese office from a standing start and his advice for others looking to expand internationally. The biggest barriers that stop people scaling their Consulting businesses and how to overcome them. Michael's advice to those thinking about launching their own Consulting business and what you should consider before you do and why it's critical to get out from behind your laptop when growing your business and the common mistakes many people make in doing this. I really enjoyed this conversation and it was great to get Michaels perspective from both his experience of running and growing his own businesses as well as his insights from having coached 1,000s of Consultants to achieve their own success. You can find out more about Michael on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zipursky/ You can find out more about Consulting Success at https://www.consultingsuccess.com/ Specific things we discuss in the show: Eat That Frog by Brian Tracey - http://amzn.eu/d/370DEjj The Elite Consulting Mind by Michael Zipursky - http://amzn.eu/d/cCAdzbm Consulting Success by Michael Zipursky - http://amzn.eu/d/cwgze9g Straight Line Leadership by Dusan Djukich - http://amzn.eu/d/hQlOVxg Living The 80/20 Way by Richard Koch - http://amzn.eu/d/7INSq0M Michael’s Consulting Blueprint - https://www.consultingsuccess.com/consultants-success-blueprint