Merry Christmas! It’s 1am there, but only 9pm here!

Best, FS
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@Investor Junkie: I’ll have to read The E-myth soon; it’s one of the many (oh, so many) books that I need read when I have the time and opportunity. I’ll take it, and all your other advice, under advisement for my own purposes. Thanks for stopping by and for all the great comments.

http://investorjunkie.com/merry-christmas-we-are-canceling-service-with-your-company

So your company is basically “paying you off” to not start your business eh?
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Shu at Bulldog made good coin indeed, but when he left, he was only an Associate then.

We shall see!
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Steve Jobs said to John Sculley when he was working at Pepsi “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” Granted Sculley ruined Steve and almost killed Apple, but that’s a whole other story.
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The problem with my industry is that the pay is not bad, which makes the cost of entrepreneurship that much greater.

Sounds like you’ve got yourself a passionate new self post or guest post to write IJ!
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I look at it as working out at the gym. What was once very difficult, is now very easy.
At the time it was a VERY hard decision for me to make. After all I was working for a startup that was about to go public. I tormented over it quite a bit and at the time was the hardest decision I ever had to make. In retrospect now I would have done it in a heartbeat and make much tougher decisions daily. After all my salary was somewhat being supported by other biz partner. Today it would have be a no brainier.

He’s what happened in retrospect. The company went public and, at the time was one of the biggest IPOs of that year. In the end their stock went to zero and went bankrupt. Most of my friends never sold their stock loosing any investment (I was fortunate enough to sell most close to the high point) The biz partner I started with was awful and I dumped him in 2001. Though the learning experience was second to none! What I learned indirectly was priceless, and was worth the price of admission.

I believe you are doing it correctly “baby steps”. I would keep it no longer than 3 years and actually I would keep it less than that. artificial timeframes do wonders on the psyche.

To comment on this article. I recommend reading the E-myth. You need to be a business person first, your technical skills while important are second. You must be a sales person/marketer first. Starting a business is very much a you vs. yourself. You are your own worse enemy and your business is the weakest in the area you are weakest in.

I could go on and on about this subject and will post some blog entries about this in the future.
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Hence, why I have a 3 year incubation period while I work, to see whether any success can come out of my site first before making the move. In actuality, I have a 10 year incubation period. If anybody can run a site for 10 years, ya gotta believe there will be some success no?
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