Consulting will murder you. You'll never build a product while consulting. Read your employment contract and talk to a lawyer. Don't put anything on paper befo

Consulting will murder you. You'll never build a product while consulting. Read your employment contract and talk to a lawyer. Don't put anything on paper before you leave. I'm not a lawyer but you have 3 problems: -- if you design products while employed, your contract may assign ownership of those 'thoughts, ideas and inventions whether reduced to practice or not' to your boss -- you're planning to recruit your coworkers to come with you? may violate your non-solicitation clause. -- if you're a senior employee and your new company is in the same area as the old company, your old company may be able to stop you from working (period) under your noncompete.