I wanted to keep things completely above board so I talked to my boss at my full-time job about my desire to start my own company; that I would do so by working

I wanted to keep things completely above board so I talked to my boss at my full-time job about my desire to start my own company; that I would do so by working after hours and occasionally taking a day or a week off; and that my company was in a different field and would not be a competitor. He talked to HR and came back and said this was fine as long as I never used any company resources. I'm now working for MY company full-time, and have an employee at 32 hours per week. Good luck!