I did it. Quit my high paying job(not anywhere as high as your though) got a good compensation package and spent 4-5 years starting a company together with my d

I did it. Quit my high paying job(not anywhere as high as your though) got a good compensation package and spent 4-5 years starting a company together with my dad. The company still haven't succeeded but haven't shut down either. Now I work as a freelance consultant and am starting with two new ideas. BUT this time I will do it differently. I will most certainly keep working my "regular" job until I have traction with one of the other ideas. I have a high paying job, could of course cut all expenses(this is not fun a few years in btw!) and live of very little. But the other option with a high paying job is to invest all of the excess pay into whatever endeavor you are planning. You most likely have enough excess pay to hire one or two other people to work on your idea while still working your day job. This even gives a little more meaning to your daytime job as it then finances your future startup.