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| What color is your money? by Noah Gift @ Lean Pub
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The book titled, "Red Yellow Green: What Color is Your Money? The survival manual for gig workers and consultants" by Noah Gift is a good and engaging read. I personally have experienced and was diligent enough to escape many a potential predators. Actually, I have come across those predators that are super sweet in talk, popular (don't know if this is a paid for PR thing that is so common these days) for his other works than what he is doing (for example if he is a founder of a tech consulting company, he would have been popular in authoring a book or two), etc. Consulting is definitely a high-risk, high-reward endeavor. It is the same with doing a co-founding venture in a start-up. I would say this is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing to watch out for during the course of your engagement. The author is in fact polite but firm in pointing this one out, which is my favorite of all. I wish the author cites an example or two of the things on how one could be deceived, to make it more sticky in the minds of a reader. I do think that the author needs to add more content on the later chapters in similar lines with some examples to make it more motivating and interesting.
All said, I would recommend you give this one a read, for it is worth your time and who knows, it might save you from the possible predator. An experience with a predator can be so unnerving or at the very least bitterly frustrating experience. I have always managed to escape this making Legal as integral part of my ventures.
Lastly, this review is based on the rough-cuts of this work-in-progress book that was made available in O'Reilly's SafariBooksOnline.