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If you're serious about your side-business, either quit your "normal" full-time job and ask family/friends/partner to support during the time you need to do wha
by davetong 16y ago
If you're serious about your side-business, either quit your "normal" full-time job and ask family/friends/partner to support during the time you need to do what you're trying to do in order to have the best chance at success. Otherwise you risk wasting time, money, under-performing at your "normal" job, only performing mediocre at your side-business and putting strain on relationships with your loved ones because you are trying to do too much... If you don't want to risk it to take the biscuit, then question whether you believe in your idea as much as you think you do.
- wtracy 16y agoI have an idea that I suspect has a low probability of making any money (basically Chatroulette The Way it Should Have Been). I'm considering pursuing it anyway because it would give me the chance to get some hands-on experience with running a high-bandwidth web app (that probably will need clustering support) and it's interesting enough to look cool on my resume. Unless some VC lands on my doorstep, I don't see any way to cover the server costs without holding on to my day job. (I hope advertising will offset some of the costs, but I won't count on that completely covering the costs, let alone keeping me fed.) Does that answer your concern?
- davetong 16y agoTo me, it sounds like you're pitching a hobby rather than a start-up? If that's the case, I wouldn't recommend that you quit your day job.