Being rescued once is possible. Counting on a second rescue seemed less sensible, so I decided to work for myself.
I began without a clear strategy, offering services rather than building a product. For my circumstances, that was a mistake: my income depended heavily on the hours I could sell. As my cousin put it, the business did not scale. I needed a firmer commercial foundation.
Creating a product was not easy either. I had spent too long working at a high level, away from hands-on research and development. I struggled through the year and closed my self-employed activity. At the time, I told myself I would never do it again.