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Should I take the big step to my imagined passionate and big life i have always wanted by starting a startup i trust a lot on and leave a good paying job in a MNC as a software engineer?

  • Hi, My age is 23 and i work in an MNC in India with a really good paying job. This is my first job and i got this in campus placements. I work as a software engineer and its been like 8 months out of which 3 months were in training and 2 on bench. I have worked on some ideas earlier but never like this. It all started when i finally decided to work on my latest and biggest idea i was passionate about, in beginning of this year's Feb and have been working very hard on it. i mostly have literally worked straight after coming from office till i go to bed at around 2 am and couple of times even at 6 am in morning. The product is about to complete and couple of clients are interested, but one is not ready to go with a non reliable start up and the other has said he will mostly give me the project. I have a lot of trust on this idea of mine. I am now thinking of going full time in couple of months and thinking of applying to some incubation program. The plan was to test how it is going in next two months and then go full time. But, the work load has increased in office now due to which i might not be able to reach at the "sure to go" stage. Now the thing is i am AFRAID. i have a family to support. This is one concern but the main thing is the fear if the startup gets failed? Are jobs in India tougher after a failed startup and i will be the person who has practically no industry experience(i know startup experience is a big one but looking at someone else's perspective)?. People might not take me in technical field as i might be doing more of a management and less of technical after like 6 months maybe and management guys might not hire me because of not a lot experience. I have almost made up my mind to go for it but i am just a little concerned and would love if anyone could help? You might say if i trust this idea a lot, what is the point of asking but i want to go with a reality heads up.

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    Congrats on the drive and passion you have shown so far. Talking to customers is a great sign of maturity. Asking for help and advice on Quora, despite having a strong opinion - another sign of maturity. Kudos! Some options to mitigate your risk: 1. Ask your current manager for a 3-month sabbatical 2. Can you work out a deal for working part-time, say 20hrs a week for 40% of your pay? 3. Perhaps you work Saturdays and Sundays but can take Mondays and Tuesdays off to meet clients. 4. Find a co-founder on the weekends 5. Hire a developer to complete your work Good luck!!

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I have never lived in India so I may have a different perspective. I am 20 and working on my own startup at the side and I'm hopeful that the company will be successful. All my other co-founders are also part-time in the company (in the sense that we all have side work - be it school or work) but we are mostly not able to join full-time because of our visa status. I'll tell you the exact same thing one of the senior VPs from a fortune 500 company told me when I asked him about diving in so early to do a company. He replied, "You're still young. What do you have to lose?". With that being said, here are my thoughts: I recommend you to do the customer development and get around 2-3 solid customers. (Read http://www.amazon.com/Four-Steps-Epiphany-Successful-Strategies/dp/0976470705 to understand what customer development means). At that point, you will be pretty confident in your idea and would have validated at least partially of the need for your product. I also recommend getting a co-founder - startups for me are more of an emotional experience than anything else. Having someone to pull you through the downhills will be extremely helpful. And you know yourself best. You can have a 100 faults but if you have the drive to achieve your dreams, all your blemishes will be covered. I've noticed in my personal life that things just "line up" even though I don't plan for them. Leaving your job will definitely provide you with the additional drive and familiarize you with the realities of life. My point is, if you are really driven to make your product successful now, you will "create" time for your startup regardless of the hours at your job. So ask yourself and honestly answer if you are genuinely passionate about your product. Good luck for your endeavor!

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My advice is - work for a startup first and learn how to build one. Working in an MNC has pruned up your skills as a software engineer. But running a company is a really different ball-game. From legal aspects to finance to marketing to hiring and managing workforce....and the inventory control...a lot is outside the scope of your previous work-ex. If you spend some time working in a startup, you have wider scope of learning before you start.

Anjali Sinha

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