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BS = Bullshit ?

You need to be brave. Believe in yourself, otherwise you’ll never do it.

What has been important for me: Knowing that my wife and family support me on the adventure. Luckily they did and yours will probably too. Just make sure it is a joint decision.

I didn’t burn any bridges behind me. I quit my job in a decent way. I made sure all ongoing projects were handed over well and I was available for questions from my old team even after I had left. This way I know that my former colleagues can help me get back into the industry, even if my startup fails. I am still on good relations with most of them.

In general, most good guys I’ve met on the startup circus have not had difficulties to find a corporate job after their startup failed. Many of them have even gone on to get jobs that were out of their reach before they started their venture. While I haven’t put these things to the test, I have the feeling that the same would be true for me.

I definitely over estimated my financial reserves and got over exposed. This caused a large share of my stress over the last years. If I’d do it again I’d make sure to reduce the risk in advance.

+1

I passed up other day jobs and am keeping at it. I have the best co-founder on the planet and we are in it together so we keep pushing on.

If I could give advice to myself 6 months ago, I’d say get those checks in the bank. Focus on nothing but that. In the bank is very very different than not in the bank but “we’re in” or any other BS.

At 40+ in corporate America, I had a 60+ hr week job. Lots of stress. Good pay. It just became too difficult to work on it on the side and lead others to feel as committed to my startup when I was part time. It dragged out longer than it needed to. The iterations based on past experiences and insight in to market analysis is an asset of 40+ founders, I’ve found.

The number one thing keeping me going is my passion for the concept and belief it will help others. No offense to those remarkable developers of games or apps that fill a vanity need, I don’t think I would do this… No, I know I wouldn’t, if my startup wasn’t going to help law enforcement in several countries and I didn’t already have proof of concept, traction & a lot of doors just opening as I go along. My 2 cents.

My wife has a fantastic job, so that’s made things much easier on us. The business has taken on some debt, which is the nature of our business. I’ve also kept relationships with my former big company execs, both because I liked them and because, well, relationships come in handy sometimes…never know how things will work out.

There are a lot of negative responses here! Yes, it’s hard work…but to be honest, everything worth doing is hard work. If it were easy, everyone would do it. I’ve recently been interviewing people burnt out from their big corporate job, and they don’t sound eager to come to something new, they sound burnt out.

Don’t leave because you hate the BS. Leave because you feel passionate about the business you’ve started and the impact you’re making to society/the world/your employee’s wallets…whatever is the most important factor is to you. Leave for a positive, don’t leave to escape a negative, that mindset will limit your ability to be successful.