Well, no it&#x27;s not simple. It means a lot of work and persistent marketing and sales efforts but it isn&#x27;t particularly risky.<p>I&#x27;m running a single person consultancy. If I need help with handling the work depending on the client I can hire other freelancers. The secret to reducing risk is to always be selling &#x2F; marketing and to not accept full-time projects. This precludes many project offers but you can stay flexible and don&#x27;t have to decline projects or stop accepting new clients. Offering products, coaching and productized services besides your main consulting business also helps.<p>I agree that consulting becomes risky once you&#x27;ve got other developers on your payroll. It can be done, too though but you&#x27;d have to grow slowly and carefully.