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Consulting Success Podcast

Consulting Success Podcast

Turning Your Industry Experience Into a Thriving Consulting Business with Tim Viands

Sep 28, 2026 · 21m

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How do you enter an established market with no brand, compete against legacy firms, and build a consulting business that actually grows year after year? Tim Viands did it by going where the incumbents were weakest. After spending twenty-five years inside independent schools, Tim founded IndySchool Consultancy because he believed the traditional executive search model was adding burden for clients instead of reducing it.Rather than simply selling access to candidates, he built a more relational model around the work that happens before a candidate ever reaches the client. And so in this episode, you're going to discover how Tim found his initial market position, turned his methodology into a…