I would suggest not trying to jump directly from your current role to an entrepreneur / startup founder role. Start by finding business-oriented people in your

I would suggest not trying to jump directly from your current role to an entrepreneur / startup founder role. Start by finding business-oriented people in your current company and talking with them. Just try to learn more about how the business works. Given that you say you work in "non-tech" environments, it seems likely that you are not completely surrounded by tech people and should be able to find non-tech people who are willing to talk to you, even just informally, about the business. Even if you are in a low-level role isolated beneath a bunch of layers of tech management, you should at least have access to either (1) a manager or manager's manager who understands the business better than you do, or (2) informal contacts with non-tech folks (could just be people you chat with at lunch or regularly say hi to in the hallway). Use whatever resources you can find. People generally respond positively to people who show an interest in them and what they do. Another route is to join a small startup, where you will inevitably have more exposure to the business side than in a larger company. Find a place where you tech skills are needed, but where they're flexible and value people who get outside their comfort zone. Show that you are eager to learn the business, and maintain humility and "beginner's mind". This is the route I took in transitioning from a pure software engineering role to one that spanned engineering, product and project management, and interacted with pretty much every side of the company: sales, marketing, legal, accounting, recruiting, etc.