I didn't get any external funding. At the moment I'm living on savings and my wife's salary. Luckily I've had pretty good jobs for the last few years, and manag

I didn't get any external funding. At the moment I'm living on savings and my wife's salary. Luckily I've had pretty good jobs for the last few years, and managed to put a bit away, and also lucky that my Wife is fully supportive of me doing this.... I think it would be impossible without that support. I must say though, as cperciva said above, leaving a well paid job is very motivational too. And the fact that I'm 34, have a mortgage and am about to start a family ... there's no time to be unmotivated :)