Hi all,
I am currently a postgraduate student studying industrial engineering (focus on aerospace, manufacturing, QMS, PLM etc.). I often do "consulting" work for local businesses, very minor things like setting up excel management systems and production scheduling systems for small businesses. I have experience in developing facility automation devices and data loggers and am wanting to turn this into a side business.
I am unsure how to go about this, should I invest my time in developing automation devices and systems to try and market as a product or setup a consulting based business that I can setup a website and post some tutorial/how-to content on automation and manufacturing topics. The reason for my asking is I want something I can work on casually in my free time while studying and possibly focus more on when I graduate.
Does anyone have any experience in such field or starting businesses of a similar type as described above? I would like to hear your opinions and possibly past experience, even additional business ideas in similar fields.
Thanks
Duncan
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