Amy, Patrick, what's your opinion on working in a fulfilling full-time job while building up revenues, compared with consulting while building up revenues?
It can be either easier or harder. Depends on your consulting pipeline, skills, hourly rate, and the job you're comparing it to. Many jobs are pretty much clock-in, clock-out, which means that before & after work you don't have to worry. In some ways this can be better. Often you can cut back your hours to 4 days a week or some other way. (I did it; more than 1 friend has taken my advice and done this, too.) Consulting is often more stressful and demanding, even if you work much fewer hours. A steady paycheck can ease your mind; consulting pays more, but less steadily (usually). Those are the variables. I chose consulting because we worked in short, but manic, bursts, and pocketed $15-40k at a click. But YMMV.