From Badge to Business: A Practical Guide to Launching Your Own AI & IT Consulting Practice

By Jeff Summers

You can fine-tune a model, build an automation pipeline, and architect a system most people can't even explain. None of that tells you how to land your first client, price a project when the outcome isn't guaranteed, or get paid on time.

Built to Bill is the practical, no-fluff playbook for AI and IT professionals ready to go independent - written for people who already have the technical chops and are stuck on everything else.

Inside, you'll find:

The five mental shifts that separate consultants who build a real practice from those who quietly take a full-time offer within eighteen monthsA framework for choosing a niche specific enough to actually generate referralsHow to price and scope AI work when the outcome can't be fully known upfrontA 90-day plan that turns the whole book into an actual to-do list

Plus ready-to-use contract and time log templates, so the business paperwork isn't something you're building from scratch.

If you've already got the technical skills and just need the playbook for everything else - the pricing, the pipeline, the paperwork - this is it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HFTKDN3R
• ISBN13: 9798193739876
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"