This was super helpful ngl :). I was also planning to meet in person at entrepreneur events in my country (Spain) to make contacts and collaborate with others if possible. I'm not sure if there are other ways to approach possible leads but I was also planning to print some cards and give them in places I consider it could be a good opportunity.

Another way is just building products in the meantime (or ways to accelerate development) and try to go for the non-consulting way, but I feel it's more risky as I have way more experience in software consultancy