What are some business consulting type jobs that could be run as a small business?

I have my MBA and am trying to figure out what to do with it. I love research, training, and teaching. I enjoy helping people. My favorite part of past jobs have been human resourses, training, and administrative work. I have enjoyed creating manuals, forms, and policys. I have considered becoming a virtual assistant, a teacher, and running a cleaning business, but am looking for other reasonable ideas. I do not want a 9-5 "go to work" job, but I would be happy to put in many hours at home.

I will be homeschooling my children, so being home is important to me, but I want to make the most of this MBA! Any ideas would be great.

Thanks......

Consultants are usually experts in a given field or practice who semi-retire out of the actual work environment and take on a coaching/mentoring role.

As a consultant to any industry people will want to see your credentials for that industry otherwise they won't hire you.

Your virtual assistant or guidance counselor idea would have more merit until you get experience in a specific industry to then go after a consulting position. Keep in mind that many consultants have to travel quite a bit to customer's locations or even their clients locations to assist them with hands on observation and recommendations.

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