You'd be foolish to start a company with immediate liabilities created due to ip and employment contract violations. Those are headwinds you might not overcome.

You'd be foolish to start a company with immediate liabilities created due to ip and employment contract violations. Those are headwinds you might not overcome. If you think you can get away with it, then that's your call. That said, everything is manageable. If you really believe in the effort, I would hedge by finding a well enough paying contracting gig (without any legal entanglements), then leave your current job and start marketing your offering. At some point you have to start. It never happens if you don't. But always cover risk. Good luck