Welcome toBusiness Architecture for Independent Educational Consultants, created by Nagla Orlando, M.Ed., CEP.
This ebook is designed for IECs who want to better understand the business decisions shaping their practice — often long before systems, tools, or workflows ever come into play.
Many IECs are trained extensively in advising students, but far less in designing the business that supports that work. As a result, practices are often built backward: starting with students and outcomes, then adjusting pricing, services, scope, and agreements as challenges arise.
This resource introduces business architecture as a way to step back and see how those decisions connect.
Rather than offering templates or tactics, this ebook provides a clear framework for understanding how money, services, pricing, scope, and agreements interact beneath the surface of an IEC practice and why clarity in these areas creates space for higher-level advising.
Each section stands on its own, while also building toward a larger picture: what changes when the business is designed intentionally instead of patched together over time. This ebook is meant to inform, orient, and clarify, whether you’re new to the field or refining a long-established practice, and to set the stage for more structured implementation when you’re ready.
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