Do subcontracting? Or do you want to get involved in subcontracting, either as the master contractor or the subcontractor?
Just to give you fair warning, there are a LOT more computer consulting firms doing subcontracting the wrong way than the right way.
Subcontracting done right can be a VERY powerful way to broaden any computer consulting firm’s technical capabilities and potential for referrals. However, subcontracting done wrong has the power to completely sink your business with TONS of negativity, stress, and premature hair loss.
What’s the problem you ask?
Most computer consultants are often SO excited about the prospect of getting involved in a subcontracting relationship that they often fail to look before they leap.
In other they jump the gun… put the cart before the horse… whatever you want to call it.
Subcontracting done wrong usually stems from an overzealous desire to startup a subcontracting relationship prematurely.
Not to be crude, but subcontracting too quickly is kind of like someone meeting a companion in a singles’-bar and sleeping with that person an hour later. Does that make you a computer consulting “slut”? Maybe, maybe not.
BUT to have a good chance of finding the right kinds of like-minded subcontractors, you’ve got to dig the well BEFORE you’re thirsty… i.e. before you’re desperate to fill a client’s need on 4 hours notice.
So if you’re new to subcontracting, you really owe it to your business to learn how to do subcontracting the right way. Learn how to ask the right questions BEFORE you engage in your new subcontracting relationship.
Added by Joshua Feinberg, publisher of the Computer Consulting Kit
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