Hi Graham & welcome, I'm in my 3rd startup (can't get enough of a good thing) suggest if the higher ups are getting you down, and your creative instincts are being squandered, consider joining a startup with like minds, it's far less risky, and you will get more out of it vs the many painful stumbles you will make going it on your own. Key piece of advice, entraprenership is very much a team sport. Come to the SB and start hunting for a project or people you relate strongly to and see If you can add some value... Things generally take a life of their own at that point:)
Cheers Rob On Dec 11, 4:42 am, Graham Lea <gra...@belmonttechnology.com.au> wrote: > I've been lurking here for a couple of months and only just noticed the > guidelines, specifically "no lurking!", so sorry. (How often do you read > email footers?) > Apologies aside, here is a quick introduction, and my most pressing > entrepreneurial question: > > Intro > In short, I'm a Software Engineer who lives in Sydney, writes a lot of code > both at work and home, and loves using technology to make people's lives > better and/or easier. > If you want to know more about that you can read a bio here. > > I've joined the list because I've found over my ten years of experience that > it's frustrating when I have a great idea and the people above me, who make > the decisions, don't act on it. > That's their prerogative, for sure, but I'd like to be in the position where > I get to make decisions, follow my own path and see where that takes me. > > Question > My questions is: > > What tips do you have for starting a business part-time? (And getting to > full-time.) > > I read Bart's "22 ways to fail" and noticed that "Don't give up your day job" > is apparently a great way to fail (d'oh!), so I wouldn't be surprised to get > a lot of "don't bother" answers. > But I'm sure there must be people who've done this and have either a success > story, or an interesting failure that we could all learn from. > I've read Jason Cohen's "Employed with a side of startup", which has some > great advice. > I'd love to just hear some tips from more people who've been in the trenches > and come out the other side wiser. > > Cheers, > > Graham. > > -- > Graham Lea > Belmont Technology Pty Ltd > gra...@belmonttechnology.com.au -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
