The posts under this tag are lessons from real engagements in strategy, marketing, technology, and finance for owner-run companies. They cover how a project is scoped so that the deliverable is usable on the day it lands, how a fixed price is protected from scope creep, what a decision dossier contains and how an owner should read one, and where a consultant adds value against where the owner already knows the answer. Engagements are led personally by the founder, so the examples describe work we did ourselves, with the numbers and the parts that went wrong left in. Names are omitted or changed. Read this tag before commissioning a piece of consulting work, from us or from anyone else, to know what a good brief looks like, what to expect in the first two weeks, and which questions separate a useful recommendation from a report that sits in a drawer.
The average German consulting day cost €1,300 net in 2025. We put all 34 fixed prices of our six practices beside the German market range with a source for each, work out what a managing director in Frankfurt pays a top-tier firm, a boutique and a freelancer, and show the BAFA grant for Hessen on a worked example.
PricesConsulting practiceRhein-Main
What consulting costs in Germany: 34 prices vs the market →A Frankfurt owner who wants to grow in Rhein-Main and sell abroad asks whether he may email strangers. In Germany the answer is no, in London to a limited company it is yes. Seven countries with the statutory wording, the cost of one warning letter, and the reply rates that actually hold up.
Law and tax notesConsulting practiceRhein-Main
Cold email is banned in Germany. Where it is lawful →Most consultancies quote in private. We publish entry prices and typical project ranges, and this post lays out the reasoning: what a visible number does for enquiry quality, where fixed prices fit, where ranges fit, and why board mandates stay individually negotiated.
Why our consulting prices are on the website →