When you work in IT consulting you need to have some client options.  If you want to go larger than the sweet spot businesses in IT consulting, you can get into large small businesses.

What Are Large Small Businesses?

Large small businesses have between five and 100 seats, 50 and 100 computers and usually 50 – 200 employees.  The annual revenue of a large small business is typically from $5 - $20 million.  You will probably find a lot of publicly run corporations at this level.

Large small businesses will have two or more dedicated servers.  You will typically find an in-house IT manager that has been hired to do generalist tasks.

Professionals on Staff

Large small businesses will have more than a technician, coordinator or guru.  They will have a dedicated IT consulting professional with skills very similar to yours.  The IT manager will sometimes be vendor certified and might know a couple different operating systems, database platforms or be or be in touch with a software developer.  

No matter what the situation, large small businesses will have staff with IT consulting skills that make them professionals and are typically in charge of all the generalist work.  If you want to provide IT consulting to large small businesses, you will need to be a true specialist.

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