Elecia and Chris (@stoneymonster) discuss why they chose to go into consulting and what they've learned while building Logical Elegance into the company it is.
SCORE is a great resource for small business, even consulting firms. Also check your local small business administration (SBA) chapter.
Elecia's salary to rate conversion can be found as a Google spreadsheet.
Chris suggests Crash plan and Backblaze for backing up your client specific virtual machines (and everything else!).
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