Having quit my day job back in 2000 to go into business for myself, I think I can give you a quick summary on the process to use:
Step 1: ensure you have at least 12 months of living expenses in cash. If you don't, then sell everything and move in with your parents or friends so that your expenses go down a LOT. If you don't want to do this, you might ask yourself how bad you want to create your own business.
Step 2. Spend all day talking to potential customers. Skip online research. Go talk to people. If you don't have something to sell (yet), tell them you are building it and you'd like to show them screenshots. You will suck at this conversation at first, but you will get better.
Step 3. Sell, sell, and sell some more. If you have a product, sell to customers. If you don't, sell to investors. Either way, you have to persuade somebody to give you their money.
Step 4. Pat yourself on the back because you just did something that most people only talk about.
Step 5. Network your ass off and only hang around other entrepreneurs who will support you. JOBers will most likely only knock you down because they envy what you have done (and they dont' have the stones to do).
Step 1: ensure you have at least 12 months of living expenses in cash. If you don't, then sell everything and move in with your parents or friends so that your expenses go down a LOT. If you don't want to do this, you might ask yourself how bad you want to create your own business.
Step 2. Spend all day talking to potential customers. Skip online research. Go talk to people. If you don't have something to sell (yet), tell them you are building it and you'd like to show them screenshots. You will suck at this conversation at first, but you will get better.
Step 3. Sell, sell, and sell some more. If you have a product, sell to customers. If you don't, sell to investors. Either way, you have to persuade somebody to give you their money.
Step 4. Pat yourself on the back because you just did something that most people only talk about.
Step 5. Network your ass off and only hang around other entrepreneurs who will support you. JOBers will most likely only knock you down because they envy what you have done (and they dont' have the stones to do).
Trent Dyrsmid