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Yeah, I love growing a team and building a product I love. I feel energised doing it. I just haven’t managed to make it a profitable exercise yet (in contrast to what I was able to do consulting wise - which was a great business I didn’t want to run!)

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Running a company is pretty much the same for a consultancy as for a product company.

It is sales and cash flow management and administration.

If you don’t love those things, then you don’t love running a company.

To use a sports analogy, the manager or head coach isn’t the team captain. The captain gets on the field to play. The manager has to love sitting in the office dealing with headaches.

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