The ideal thing is if you can consult in the field your product is in. For instance, I run an LSAT prep business, and started with tutoring. This gave me a poo

The ideal thing is if you can consult in the field your product is in. For instance, I run an LSAT prep business, and started with tutoring. This gave me a pool of users I was close to for feedback on whatever I was working on, and kept me close to the material. Trying to do unrelated consulting is much harder.