Agreed. You make it sound so easy, dude! :-) One of the key things you need to have if you're a startup is determination/perseverance, but the timescale is 2-

Agreed. You make it sound so easy, dude! :-) One of the key things you need to have if you're a startup is determination/perseverance, but the timescale is 2-4 years of building something you're really passionate about. If you're trying to build out a consulting business you need the exact same qualities, over a much longer timescale working on things you may not be remotely passionate about. I'm constantly torn between building to flip and building to flip so that your next venture can be built to last. Looks like that's what you did and it worked, thanks for the wonderful post!