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5-6 month checkpoint is from the time you go full time. I hear of people doing it from time to time, but I generally think the self-funded folks fly under the
by brk 15y ago
5-6 month checkpoint is from the time you go full time.
I hear of people doing it from time to time, but I generally think the self-funded folks fly under the radar. When people raise money you see more press coverage, so in terms of what you read about online I think the visible data may be slightly skewed. I know many many people that worked for some amount of time (usually less than 1 year) self funded and then either raised money or pulled the ripcord and went back to work.
I do not personally know many who were able to get to something near break even or viable in less than 1 year. But that is just me.
- BadassFractal 15y agoWhat I read on other sites was that people would be ok with making considerably less than what they were at their full time jobs, for a long while, as the business is ramping up. So if you were making 6 figures before quitting, now you'd be making possibly under minimum wage :| On the other hand if there's a strategy behind that and you can clearly see how you'll get to the light at the end of the tunnel, sucking it up for a yearish shouldn't be too awful.