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Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#11

Post by jaxn » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

I dropped all side-projects when I went all in on my current startup (bizen.com). I now work on it full-time.

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#12

Post by Kirchart123 » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 10:58 PM UTC

Was my side project durin college, full time once i gratuated like engineer. .. Im in Mex.

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#13

Post by Kirchart123 » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 10:59 PM UTC

massarog wrote: post #8

Full time, just graduated college in May and have been running my business since I was a sophomore in 2009.

Same here .. A year hve oasse now and im in my way :D

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

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Post by mbijon » Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 11:19 PM UTC

My side project is full-time (40+ hours/week on lunarmods.com) for the last 6-months, but I still do part-time freelance work to pay about half the bills.

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#15

Post by riffmaster » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 1:18 AM UTC

working on a few side projects but hoping Sprint.Im will be my full time job in a few months

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#16

Post by AndyG1128 » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 2:53 AM UTC

Side project because I have a family I need to feed. If I were on my own, I'd probably chance it as full time for as long as I could. I will say I plan make the plunge to full time as soon as I have enough saved from the day job to survive several months to a year.

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

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Post by alok-g » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 4:00 AM UTC

Don't all the people here with side projects have IP issues with their employers? How many of you have IP related contracts signed with their employers? My understanding is that most technical companies make you sign such contracts.

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#18

Post by russjhammond » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 4:01 AM UTC

Side project while I finish up my MBA but hope to build enough momentum by the time I am done to jump full time into it.

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#19

Post by iaskwhy » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 10:12 AM UTC

Went full-time when 2010 began and stayed like that for one year. As it didn't work, got myself a new job and it became again a side project while I'm saving some money to go full-time again with a new strategy. I'm so glad I've been able to do this every year or so easily...

Re: Ask HN: Is Your Startup a Side Project or Full Time?

#20

Post by vorador » Thu, Aug 04, 2011, 11:09 AM UTC

jaxn wrote: post #11

I dropped all side-projects when I went all in on my current startup (bizen.com). I now work on it full-time.

By the way, there's a small typo on your front page "Bizen is a web-based business-intellegence".