I'm a former BCG consultant (but by no means a cheerleader for the industry), the stuff about consulting that he writes I think is considerable horseshit... if

I'm a former BCG consultant (but by no means a cheerleader for the industry), the stuff about consulting that he writes I think is considerable horseshit... if consulting didn't bring any value clients then why would almost all of the fortune 500 hire them? There is a fantastic book on the issue called The Lords of Strategy (http://www.thelordsofstrategy.com/ http://www.thelordsofstrategy.com/). The term strategy really came from management consultants. Speaking from my own experience, I think the top firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain certainly) create value. For me, the move to a startup was more about quality of life and doing what I'm passionate about. The author does a good job of hiding who he worked for... it seems that he worked for Mitchell Madison which went bankrupt several times.