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Trying to run a service-based dev business to support creation of products. That consulting grew to consume 100% of our usable time and resulted in a period of
by arcwhite 16y ago
Trying to run a service-based dev business to support creation of products. That consulting grew to consume 100% of our usable time and resulted in a period of pretty intense burnout, personally.
- zdw 16y agoIf you're in this situation, you might try honing your focus - if you can zero in on the most lucrative/time segments of your consulting practice, you may be able to make this work. This does depends greatly on your client mix and financial situation.
- arcwhite 16y agoWe'd almost done that - had a brilliant marketing plan drawn up and everything; then burnout hit myself and my business partner (hard). The coup de grace was delivered by the GFC (Even here in Australia, small businesses were hit - and all our clients were small businesses or primary industry and simply stopped paying invoices or returning calls.)