It Consultant

3 Tips For Starting A Successful It Consultant (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own IT consultant? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting an IT consultant:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start an IT consultant?
-> Pros and cons of an IT consultant

Need inspiration?

-> Other IT consultant success stories
-> Marketing ideas for an IT consultant
-> It consultant names

Other resources

-> Profitability of an IT consultant

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for becoming an IT consultant:

#1: Dan Khadem, founder of Access Database Support:

We chatted with with Dan, founder of Access Database Support ($2.1K/month). In our interview, Dan says:

It’s easier to get started with a side gig than you think. You just have to start. Think about what skills and talents you already have and how you can use those to help people.

Additionally:

Look at your business idea as a brick wall that needs to be built brick by brick. Don’t get overwhelmed by the amount of things that are involved in starting a business or side hustle. Instead just focus on the one brick in front of you. Go slow and steady. Be sure to add a new brick to that wall every single day.