Generally speaking, your chance of failure is probably around 99%. Starting a startup is essentially buying a lotto ticket. Like jacquesm says, finding a new j

Generally speaking, your chance of failure is probably around 99%. Starting a startup is essentially buying a lotto ticket. Like jacquesm says, finding a new job and running your startup on the side is the safer bet. If that's viable, then I'd suggest you find a new employer that has a contract friendly to side projects. As an aside, there should really be a list of companies that are friendly in this regard. GitHub was recently in the news for allowing employees to work on personal projects using company resources, which is awesome.[0] [0] https://qz.com/937038/github-now-lets-its-workers-keep-the-ip-when-they-use-company-resources-for-personal-projects/?s=1 https://qz.com/937038/github-now-lets-its-workers-keep-the-i...