Has anyone been laid off and then started their own firm? I see business rapidly dwindling and nothing coming in as a balance. (Not a single call in or new consult in over 2 months). I’m trying to figure out if I jump ship and hopefully take my remaining clients with me, or if I ride this out until the firm inevitably closes my office.

Any guidance is appreciated.

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Are you networking heavily, undertaking trainings and pitching to prospective clients? If you have doing all this for the last 3-6 months and no bites…then just ride it out

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Yes to the networking. I have some open job offers for other firms just kind of tired of working to make other people a ton of money. Thank you for the feedback!

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