Howdy. Nice place you got here. I took the leap for a year+, and ended up leaping back. It turns out I’m a great consultant, and terrible at running a business 😉

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Basic things like billing/collections would be delayed or forgotten. Doing the business development work on top of delivery work was not sustainable. I was just kind of miserable trying to do very well at either

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Haha appreciate the honesty. What made you a great consultant but struggle with business?

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Additional Posts in Taking the Leap: Startup or Your Own Shop

I posted here about starting a business and my journey to start. Not sure how many of you have made the transition/ decision to start. But if you want to follow my journey of getting started, I am posting it here. Feel free to follow/ subscribe so we can all learn and share.

How would you seek entry into the startup world?
a) through contacts you’ve made in consulting
b) with friends from college/life
c) go it alone and see who joins

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Happy New Year All! Anyone starting something up in 2021?

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Startup warriors: do you see yourself pursuing a startup as a side hustle and eventually moving over full time? Or are you planning to jump completely and dive in?

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Start private consulting one employee and use someone to run my payroll and taxes. Make enough clientele that big4 want to buy the company.

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