Two years ago, I [Ali Davar] was a young lawyer living in Barbados – my workweeks short, salary high, and life blissful. However, a part-time project I’d started years before with researchers at the University of British Columbia was gathering steam. A large grant from the Canadian government had just come through, the technology prototype was showing promise and the development team was starting to gel. I was confronted with a decision: Should I leave my day job and become an entrepreneur?
As you might have guessed, I did – but it was no easy task translating my business idea into a full-time venture. As entrepreneurs often find, the pieces are rarely in place: You have minimal funding, there are holes in your team and the business has shown little or no traction. Reaching stable ground requires a full-time investment of your intellectual capital and everything else you have to offer.
Original Article: Is it time to quit your day job? | VentureBeat
Author: Ali Davar
