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If you’ve guzzled espresso at 537 “virtual coffees,” desperately given away “free consulting," and been ghosted by potential clients after emailing them your intellectual property (ahem, been there), then this is the place for you.
Chicken Dinner Club is an energetic community for independent consultants who are brilliant at serving clients, but need a little help finding more of them.
Through our content, training events, and supportive online community, we teach you the unspoken rules of business development for independent consulting—because you need different tactics than corporate sales teams or big consulting firms. We’ll show you how to attract exciting consulting projects using a secret weapon the big firms don’t have—your authentic voice.
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!
Chicken Dinner Club helps you:
- Establish your authoritative presence on LinkedIn through a quick and easy content strategy. Put the algorithm to work for you, and focus on racking up those billable hours.
- Turn awkward conversations about your future client’s needs, budget, and decision makers into engaging experiences—you’re selecting clients, not selling to them.
- Grow your network of future clients by hundreds every month, without spammy outreach or cold-pitching.
- Forecast your finances, so you know exactly what activities to perform to generate your ideal revenue.
- Shed your emotionless corporate robot shell and bring your brand to life—so magnetic that clients come to you. (Awesome for introverts!)
Create a sales & marketing strategy as fun as you are!
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And who's cooking this chicken dinner?Â
Hi, I'm Dave!
I’m an independent consultant, entrepreneur, and founder of Chicken Dinner Club. I started this community so more independent consultants could enjoy the benefits of an “independent work-lifestyle."
In 2021, I quit my 21-year corporate career to pursue an independent life.
I scraped by the first year, sub-contracting for larger firms and picking up hours where I could. But it was never enough.
Between projects, I was burning through savings—working 60-hour weeks and unable to sleep.
I drew a line in the sand—sell $30k of consulting in 90 days, or quit and get a job.
(And I'd rather get punched in the face than get another job.)
I invested in sales training and took online courses about branding, copywriting, social media, and AI.
I put in the work—day after day, month after month. Through application and experimentation, I created a system for attracting clients—and that 90 day goal? Doubled it.
Knowing how to find clients allowed me to build my own independent work-lifestyle.Â
I've worked in diverse industries—healthcare, cybersecurity, utilities, software, insurance, telecom, nonprofit, and education.
IÂ saved 59,094+ miles of commuting.
I moved to my dream house in the mountains.
I took my first 2-week vacation in a decade.
I have lunch with my wife almost every day.
While independent consulting remains my main business, I'm building Chicken Dinner Club on the side because I want to help others find the same freedom.
Join us! Escape the feast-or-famine hamster wheel and design your own independent work-lifestyle.
At Chicken Dinner Club, my mission is empowering independent consultants like you to build thriving work-lifestyles.
I believe:
- Independent Consulting provides unparalleled value. It’s good for you, and it’s good for your clients. You get to live and work on your own terms. Your clients get access to world-class talent for projects, without making a long-term hire. Companies can fill interim or fractional roles, only paying for what they need. And they save money compared to the big consulting firms—working with the expert (that's you!), not a team of new grads filling out a template while the partner vanishes to sell more work.
- Remote Work is good for the planet. Working from home reduces the environmental impact of commuting. Remember how the smog departed and the skies cleared during 2020 lockdown, as carbon dioxide emissions fell by 6.4%? We can reduce unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions by shifting to virtual work, when possible. And for companies who are worried about mouse-wigglers, quiet-quitters, or lazy-girl jobs, independent consulting is the answer—we are proud small-business owners and our reputation for quality and efficiency is our very livelihood.
- Independent Work-lifestyles create healthier, happier lives. Want to pick your kids up from school every day at 2:50? Take that Pilates class with Jessica at 10:30 on Wednesday? Take Friday off to snowshoe through Rocky Mountain National Park? YES, YOU DO! Break the shackles of the 40-hour workweek, soul-crushing commute, and dash to the daycare that charges $10/minute if you’re late. Spend more time with the people you love, balancing your family, work, and personal passions. You get one life—live it.
Together we can secure the place of independent consulting in the future of work.
fun facts
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I can't resist... an IPA from a local craft brewery.
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I love... Hiking! 13 National Parks and counting.
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You can find me... strapped to a guitar, recording theme music for my next LinkedIn Live show.
