Consultant Fees - What is a Consultant Worth?

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JaneB

#64
I have found that very few clients are "honest" when you ask for feedback while you are engaged on a contract, and once you are no longer doing work for them, will not tell you why they no longer use your services.
My experience has been different: I have received honest feedback. I always ask for it after finishing an assignment for a client. I ask them 3 specific questions, one of which asks what I've done well, and another what I could have done better. I've had really useful feedback via this.

I suggest if you aren't getting any reasonable results that it indicates a possiblew problem - perhaps you need to consider how you're asking for feedback and where you could improve your 'getting feedback' process?

OK, they're 'still using me' is one measure, but frankly, it's a pretty blunt instrument, and not good enough. Any company who tried to use that as their single, solitary measure of 'customer perception of satisfaction' for 9001 would be laughed at. And rightly so, IMO.
 
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qualitymanager

#65
I charge my clients 1200-1500 per day, and probably save them 10 times that much. Therefore, I don't need to work under a contract. We have a simple agreement. If they think they are getting their money's worth, then they can invite me back. So far, most of them invite me back. See, I can do all that and still have ethics!
I'd be interesting in knowing your current rate - how has the time between that post and the current financial crisis affected your rate?
 

Dramirez

Starting to get Involved
#66
FDA 510K preparation including clinical study: Reasonable fees?

Hi:

what would you say are reasonable fees for the preparation and submission of a traditional 510K for a moderate risk medical device.
The 510K preparation includes statistical analysis of clinical data + discussion of findings and report writing(clinical performance validation).
It also includes all the rest of the 510K work (SE discussion, documentation writing as needed), review/correction of the available information and so on.

I would really appreciate your comments on this

Thanks
Daniel
 
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