How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
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Re: How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
#2Very interesting point of embracing the fear associated with starting a startup. I thoroughly believe in working with individuals who have something to lose; without fear true motivation and commitment are far from commonplace.
Re: How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
#3Personally I just rephrased it...
How do you get over the fear of working jobs like this for the rest of your life and not doing what you know your heart wants to do? Quit and start a startup.
Works great if you're me. Your results may differ.
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#4If your heart tells you too, then you won't feel fear.
If you do feel fear, don't do a startup :-)
Re: How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
#5Very interesting point of embracing the fear associated with starting a startup. I thoroughly believe in working with individuals who have something to lose; without fear true motivation and commitment are far from commonplace.
> without fear true motivation and commitment are far from commonplace.
This is an alien mindset to me. Fear has never motivated any of my longer term planning or actions. Maybe if I had a family whose life and welfare depended utterly on my success in a risky endeavor, it would be different. But people in that position rarely found startups. Lost opportunities is the larger if more abstract issue for younger would-be founders, who often enjoy a surplus of appealing options.
Re: How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
#6Best way is to save up enough money to live off of for at least a year.
Re: How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
#7What's the fear? Most startups fail, so you should be mentally ok with failing. (Of course, you should try with all your might to succeed, but just realize that even ALL your might may not be enough. :)
Save up enough money to self fund for a while. Put a lot of effort into it, learn a lot, do some cool stuff, and consider that worth your investment. If it succeeds, that's a great bonus!
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#8Or you could take a less risky route: work on it at night and on the weekends until you start making enough money to quit your job. That's what I did.
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#9Simple. Wait until you reach such an extreme of boredom that the fear evaporates.
Re: How do you get over the fear of quitting your job to start a startup?
#10Simple. Wait until you reach such an extreme of boredom that the fear evaporates.
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