Thank you. That is exactly what I'm thinking of doing. Take unpaid time off. Launch my product early (2 months into the leave, hopefully), interact directly with consumers, implement, improve, and hopefully have something that I can work full time on at the end of 4 months.

Re: your point about isolation, this is why I like the WFH approach. You give people freedom, but you still work as a team. It seems more win-win to me overall, than striking out on my own.