Building up enough of a bank to carry you through a year of expenses and try to get funding for your startup idea so you’re not spending your own money on it.

Building up enough of a bank to carry you through a year of expenses and try to get funding for your startup idea so you’re not spending your own money on it. If you’ve been at the company long enough ask if you can take a 6 month sabbatical, that should give you enough time to test out if the idea is feasible.