Consulting While Searching

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April 20, 2026

by a searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School in Austin, TX, USA

Curious to hear from others who have had success doing consulting work or taking on operator roles while searching. What worked? What didn't?
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from Georgetown University in London, UK
BLUF - the search is a full time job. If you need the cash flow then of course consulting is a great way to supplement, though unless you're flooded with inbound consulting requests it's also a slog to find gigs, onboard, execute, find more gigs, etc. All of which takes away from the ability to search.
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from University of Texas at Austin in Austin, TX, USA
I recently closed an acquisition, but I have been doing consulting work to pay the bills for a few years as well, in fact one of my consulting clients is considering expansion by acquisition and I am helping him navigate that, though its in a very different field than my acquisition.
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