Good thoughtful post. Especially agreed with the OP's point dispelling the notion that that entrepreneurs shouldn't do other things (consulting) as advocated b

Good thoughtful post. Especially agreed with the OP's point dispelling the notion that that entrepreneurs shouldn't do other things (consulting) as advocated by PG and many other investors. Think the subtext with those comments often is "if you have time to do consulting, you must not be thinking big enough". While you're building your product, consulting can help you: (1) Live to fight another day (2) Learn to sell/negotiate with real customers (3) Get experience managing people As someone having done the consulting thing, I've found that it has made me/our team better business people/entrepreneurs. Of course, it can be a tough balance b/w consulting effort and product/startup efforts, but there are always trade-offs/choices to be made.