"... how do you go about making the transition to full-time entrepreneur ..." Make stuff [0], release early, get some feedback and sell it. It doesn't have to

"... how do you go about making the transition to full-time entrepreneur ..." Make stuff [0], release early, get some feedback and sell it. It doesn't have to be software but it helps. If you make things nobody wants you quickly find you can't sell it. You have to listen & adapt. It's much like a multi-levered machine that only stays afloat if you are constantly adjusting the levers finely adjusting the final product according to users. Input product, make sure people know about it, adjust the 'want' lever. Listen to what the machine is telling you. Adapt. This process can be observed from renovating houses, art ... from sausages to software. It is no substitute for the real thing. So burn your boats now. [0] Stuff could be sausages, software etc, but make sure that it's product not service or skills for hire ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/FiveWorlds.html