I remember I had once coaching with Paul Gibbons - an experienced consultant and asked him whether I should be a freelancer or run a company. He advised me to think seriously about freelancing. It was after several years of fight for the existence of the company. I decided to continue the company, and regretted it many times in this rollercoaster market. When I think about it now I would say it depends what is the goal. If you have really big name – you may become a guru, write books and give advice here and there and earn you living, but if you want to really make some change in the company, you have to build quite a good team to do it. Today I think it is worthwhile to work in a team – you can be more effective.