I worked on a small e-commerce app for a little deli/coffee shop, called the Mountain Lakes Market. My boss decided that we would use the base product, re-vamp and sell it as a service. I left the company right after version 1.0 came out, and I'm glad I did, even though they are still going. The product is called Geomerx (http://www.geomerx.com), and they've had many revisions since I left to do my own thing with a guy I met there. That was three years ago.
I agree with Matt, although I had no choice but to work at both until we got a solid client base. I worked at least 80 hours a week for 2 months straight at that full-time job and on side projects before I gave my resignation, and I was lucky because after I resigned they hired me back as a consultant for 3 times what I was making hourly before. Sometimes you have no choice if you don't have enough clientele to strike out on your own, so you have to do both until you can get off the ground. It all comes down what you are willing to do to get there, and most people have to sacrifice a lot of time and energy to do that. My early career consisted of being a retail manager, where I worked longer hours than I do now and got paid a heck of a lot less. Andy > -----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. ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
