I’ve been running my own consultancy for around 10 years as well. All of this rings true. The work I do is incredibly profitable in small bursts. This is becau

I’ve been running my own consultancy for around 10 years as well. All of this rings true. The work I do is incredibly profitable in small bursts. This is because I’ve spent years developing software which mostly automates the task. My problem in developing a product on the side is that I cease hunting for acquisition - savings dry up - and then I drop the product as I scramble to find more work. I’ve been close to failing before, but luck has always intervened. I’ll spend a year building up 6 months runway, build something 70% and run low on cash - go back to consulting for a few months - and then completely forget what I was doing on the product side. By the time I get back to the product the momentum as been lost. Rinse, repeat.