An awful thing to happen, but an important lesson to any entrepreneur: Never rely on just one client for the bulk of your work. You're a slave to your client.

An awful thing to happen, but an important lesson to any entrepreneur: Never rely on just one client for the bulk of your work. You're a slave to your client. This also holds for 1-man bands (such as myself) who does consulting or contracting: if your client leaves, then you have no income and must find a new one or, if it is at all possible, several new ones to spread the risk.