It depends on where you are in life. If you're young, single, and relatively free of debt, you can more afford to take a plunge. Under those circumstances, it does not take as much to bounce back if things don't work out. You might move in with your folks or family until you get some income rolling. But if you're mid 40's with three kids just a few years from college, a mortgage and two car payments, it's a lot tougher to step away from that check and benefits. That is unless you have a terrific bankroll or a angle investor or venture capital behind you. Even then, you're really risking the future financial livelihood of the ones depending on you!
Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Everland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: RE: Getting a business off the ground > I have heard that, but I figured I may as well save up now and moonlight > while I am making decent money. So if anything happens (knock on wood) I can > go at it full force. > > Robert Everland III > Web Developer Extraordinaire > Dixon Ticonderoga Company > http://www.dixonusa.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:28 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Getting a business off the ground > > > The big thing is that you have to jump all the way in. You can't start a > company moonlighting while you work somewhere else. If you can't bet your > livelihood on your business then you can't really expect anyone else to > either. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > V: 415-577-8070 > F: 415-341-8906 > P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:53 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: OT: Getting a business off the ground > > > > I have started my own company a while ago and am hitting a brick wall > on > > how > > to get it off the ground. It's hard to do absolutely everything > myself, so > > I > > throw this out to some of you that have your own company. What did you > do? > > Did you start with money? Hire people? Do everything yourself? Have a > kick > > ass product that got you off the ground? Cold called people? Sent out > a > > mailing? What did you do? I have an application I made that is pretty > > polished and am just looking for ideas on how to get this thing out > the > > door > > to people as either a service or as a stand alone app people can buy. > WHAT > > DO I DO!!!!!! Anyways, sorry for the OT, flame away, but I figure > there > > has > > to be a couple other people that could benefit from this discussion, > let > > me > > know if this needs to move over to cf-community so I can sign up for > it. > > > > Robert Everland III > > Web Developer Extraordinaire > > Dixon Ticonderoga Company > > http://www.dixonusa.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
