anonconsulter

According to http://www.kalzumeus.com/2015/05/01/talking-about-money/ you are asking for ~$30k/week when consulting. I just read some of your year-in-briefs, and it seems like the most you ever made consulting was $150k in 2012. Is that correct? How much income are you making per year consulting? Because I'd want to make much more than $150k in order for it to be worth it.

The numbers I'm going through right now show that, even if I can make a lot of income consulting, if I just join the right startup I could earn stock options worth effectively more than I'd ever be able to make consulting (assuming I don't get stock consulting).

Not a bad idea about charging more and then just angel investing. Although then you have to be a competitive angel investor in order to get into the best deals, essentially taking on a new angel investor job in addition to consulting.

Have you successfully got stock as part of your consulting compensation and if so, why do you think you succeeded even though it's a really tough sell?

For the $50k angel investment, I'm guessing that you mean because its preferred stock with no vesting?