[JoeAltmaier]

Consulting isn't all that risky depending. I never made as much money as when I was part of a consulting partnership. But the work was less glamorous/interesting. Mostly solving legacy system problems (where by definition companies might have lost their expertise and have to call in an outsider).

At least a startup is always new and fresh, at least with a good product. That's why I gave up on consulting (that and the other partners had a falling-out) and have been in startups every since.

[inthewoods]

Did you find any ideas while consulting that you could use in spinning up a startup? I agree with you about consulting.

[JoeAltmaier]

Sure ideas are a dime a dozen. Getting a team, funding, traction are all more important.