List of Productized Consulting Services
Ex-consultant turned founder here. Think productized consulting services are really interesting as a business for three reasons:<p>1) consultants are traditionally <i>really</i> expensive (as a 23-year-old, non-technical little shit, my firm would bill the client at $200+&#x2F;hr), so as a result we could only be there for a few months. We&#x27;d come in, make things better, and then were gone. So within a few months afterwards, things went back to the way they were (aka a disaster). Productized consulting services, on the other hand, are generally cheap enough to be perpetual.<p>2) Businesses generally suck at executing the consultant&#x27;s recommendations. We&#x27;d provide really rich data and detailed action plans to clients -- and this powerpoint printout they paid a ton for would just sit on the desk or on the shelf. It was frustrating. But other client priorities would get in the way. At best, someone would half-ass our plan.<p>3) Consulting is a machine; 80% of what you do is the same for all clients. We&#x27;re taught to search internal databases for past work and frameworks before doing anything from scratch. For that reason, it actually lends itself really well to automation.