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Consultant Transitioning Out of Gypsy Mode, Please Help!

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Being project based is awesome! Volunteering is fun! Traveling is exciting! But it's been 3 years since I've had any kind of stability in my life. I want a home base, and a steady job with a good salary. I just don't know how to get there from here. Hope me? I'm 36 years old, I have a BFA degree, and I've been mostly working for myself since I was 21. I've started an ad specialty company, a record label, two non-profits (one of which I still do work for), an event production company, a boutique in San Francisco, and a tech start-up, which I have been with for the last 2 years. The start-up has paid me in equity only.

I have a fair amount of money saved, and have been living frugally - I can coast for a long while. I've worked other jobs (between 2000 and 2007) in publishing, research, and business development consulting for a tech company. I've taken on a few consulting jobs last year (helping new non-profits develop strategies for growth, writing business plans and contracts, figuring out revenue streams and risks, etc).

I think I would do well in a for-profit or a non-profit company as a project management, or as a business development manager or. . . something else?

The problem is I seem to be over-qualified or under-qualified for most of the jobs I find. And a lot of companies equate 'business development' with being a salesperson, which I don't want to do. I don't have a lot of niche technical skills, though I am very computer literate and have solid Photoshop/graphic design skills. Most places, at least in the SF Bay area, seem to be looking for people with super specific skill sets that I don't have. There isn't a lot of overlap in what these criteria are, so I'm at a loss for what I could do to increase my appeal to prospective companies. I don't have 'gaps' in my resume, but it looks kind of...all over the place.

The tech start-up I have been working with is looking like it's going to be one of the 90% that fail (it happens - it's part of the start-up life) The non-profit I still work with is also not likely to turn into a paid position anytime soon. I'm passionate about the project, but it's a labor of love and I would like a paycheck.

So...what do I do? How do I find companies that are looking for these skill sets? What jobs would be a good fit for me? Is there something that I could do that I haven't thought of? I haven't tried to get a job since 2006, so I'm a bit out of the loop.

Extra details: I don't want to go back to school and fall back into student loan debt, though I'm open to getting certifications. I'm also open to moving pretty much anywhere for the right job. My other option is to keep working as a freelance consultant, but the stress of finding new clients is wearing me down. I'm trying not to let the fear that I have ruined any hope of having a steady job creep into my head too much, so any reassurance from others who have made similar moves is appreciated.

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