Becoming an independent consultant can be lucrative with the right experience under your belt. These five independent workers left their executive positions to found their own consulting businesses.

While at Harvard Business School, Pat Petitti cofounded a marketplace for independent consultants. Catalant connects businesses with its platform of 75,000 independent consultants and boutique firms.

An IT consultant with decades of engagements across the enterprise told us how life as an independent contractor can make for a brilliant career - with a commitment to lifelong learning and building a ...

Oz Alon is the co-founder and CEO of HoneyBook, a clientflow and financial management platform for independent business owners. Being laid off is daunting and destabilizing, but it's also an ...

As I’ve written before, freelancing is providing an attractive alternative career venue to professionals in many areas. The freelance ranks are large, diverse and growing. Platform specializations ...