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Quitting my job and working full-time on my startup was spontaneous and definitely out of my comfort zone. Basically, I had been working at night on my project
by vyrotek 16y ago
Quitting my job and working full-time on my startup was spontaneous and definitely out of my comfort zone. Basically, I had been working at night on my project for a while and an opportunity to get funding landed out of nowhere. Within a few months I found myself discussing the opportunity with my wife (who at the time was pregnant with our 2nd child) and then I quit my day job.
That's where I'm at today. But every day I feel more comfortable being out of my comfort zone... if that makes any sense. There are so many opportunities, experiences and connections that I have developed while working on my startup. My only fear now is going back to that old comfort zone. I'm working hard so I don't have to :)
- wlievens 16y agoCould you elaborate on the "funding out of nowhere" story? Sounds like an interesting anecdote at first sight :-)
- vyrotek 16y agoWell, my co-founder and I have always wanted to apply to YC but we couldn't figure out how to make it work. We're both married with young children. So, we just worked on it at night for a while and figured we would just try to bootstrap it. We frequently participated in a monthly startup conference in Utah called http://www.LaunchUp.org http://www.LaunchUp.org (site seems down right now) and eventually we were asked to present. The night we presented, someone announced that they were starting a program similar to YC for Utah called http://www.BoomStartup.com http://www.BoomStartup.com. We applied and were accepted and we're still in the program right now! You can check out our About Us for a bit more information - http://www.IActionable.com/about http://www.IActionable.com/about