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Early-stage Startups: What are the entry barriers for C2C consulting like Clarity?
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Humberto Valle Texas Real Estate Investor, Wholesaler, & Airbnb Superhost, Get Advice On Growing Your Real Estate Business answered:

Hi!
For starters I don't think clarity was meant really as a C2C (customer to customer) consulting platform. I'm pretty sure it was meant to be only for experts in a topic to provide expert advice to non experts. Now we have a ton of non experts providing their opinions.
Some are great while some are just wrong or provide no real guidance.

With that said, this issue leads me to my response to you. With any consulting service what you need to focus on is validation from either your peers or clients you have successfully helped. I for example spent about 2 years building my reputation through local circles in Arizona, California and Texas by helping entrepreneurs, non profits and even coaches grow their businesses and in cases build them. Once your reputation is there you can begin crafting a brand for yourself. A logo is not a brand tho, neither is a website. But your name value. How much leverage does your name have in your local network?

For most consultants this is when they see their business really take off. If you're planning a third party platform like Clarity, where you don't do the coaching this would simply require a startup's take on growing it, marketing it, funding it, and most importantly building a community. Each of this would take significant effort in explaining or laying out for you so it would be best you give one of us a call or look for a local mentor that would meet with you on and off for guidance and to hold you responsible as you move forward.

Humberto Valle
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