When I was a consultant we steered away from consulting with startups for a couple of reasons: - it’s very high stakes, and easy to shapegoat the consultant fo

When I was a consultant we steered away from consulting with startups for a couple of reasons: - it’s very high stakes, and easy to shapegoat the consultant for poor product market fit - chance of poor product-market fit are very high - they don’t have much money, and are not a reliable source of work - startup is likely to fail and thus be unable to pay you - it’s very “personality driven” by the often charismatic-worst case narcissistic-founder. - no experience working with contractors/consultants. - little regard for actual contract and legal formalities of contracting Tech startups need strong tech cofounders. So I might work for a startup, I’d almost never do consulting for one.