Hi,
To open a consulting firm, first you need to register with Govt and than service tax & Pan No. These are legal formalities.
For starting & running a consulting firm, first you have to know for which areas you would like to offer your service (IT or ITeS or Non-IT). my suggestion would be 50% IT, 30% Non-IT, 20% ITeS(except BPO) this will do a good business. Then you need to invest little amount as capital and need to have atleast 5lacs as working capital.
In terms of skills, first you should be very patient for first 6months, good network or capable of making new friends, leadership skill, selling skill & some business knowledge. Then should have recruitment knowledge or hire people having good knowledge in recruitment (I would suggest to hire people who handled IT & Non-IT recruitments). If you have any queries or to know much about this you can contact me to [Login to view], all the best.
Regards,
Bala.S