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You are potentially working on generating a disaster. I would sit down an check on these things: How much time I actually spend working at my full time job? How much time I actually spend working at company 1? How much time I actually spend working at company 2? How much money does company 1 bring in now? How much is the potential return from Company 1? ...

I'm a software developer with MANY personal ideas. Many of my ideas get implemented by other people throughout the years, which means they are viable. Nice - sounds like you are traveling the right path for your goals. I would warn that just because your ideas have been implemented by others and have succeeded that this is no guarantee that you ...

Rob Walling is a great introduction to this topic (if nothing else, get his free e-book). He has lots of paid and free content, including the Micropreneur Academy which is some sort of structured course, so probably fits your "Tried and trusted way" requirement. (I have no connection with Rob.) For more general software start-up advice I would also ...

Looks like it's just PR for the time being. Talking about entrepreneurship is one thing - learning how to create a market-worthy product or service is another. Right now the site is simply a bunch of links embedded in links embedded in links. There are no step-by-step instructions as to how to get started nor how to use the "resources provided". At the very ...

with the right marketing and buzz it could be amazingly popular and successful. This is true for just about every idea out there. If it worked for the Pet Rock, it could work for anyone. need tons of research, writing, tweaking etc. before it can launch. Probably not as much as you think. Many people test the waters with just a landing page. Get ...

Wikipedia defines an entrepreneur as: An individual who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so. Wikipedia then goes on to provide prominent variations of the definition by various scholars over time. Personally, I like W.B. Gartner's 1985 definition: Entrepreneur is a person who started a new business ...

Off the top, I would wonder why a person in the business of charging for full web development would consider spending time providing non billable advice AND not get the business. You would need to provide tremendous incentive to counter this reality. At this stage, you should spend more time on validating the business assumptions / customer demand / ...

Read every post you can here regarding where to start. Here are three to begin with: Deciding on the right idea I have a great Idea for a Startup, a Web App Business, How and Where to start? Help evaluating a startup idea Check the related area, and keep going - lots of good advice here. You're a writer - so you likely enjoy reading as well. Buy a ...

There are a number of workable approaches, each with its own particular characteristics. 1. Charge for the whole project This approach obviously depends on having a clear scope of work so that it's possible to determine what you're responsible for and when it's delivered. Larger projects may be broken up, with a payment triggered at the end of each stage. ...

You could use a service like AngelList to make your round easier. When an investor commits on AngelList, it acts as social proof to herd the rest of the investors in the right direction. They are basically saying to the world, "Yes, I am going to give this startup money." I am not a legal expert, but once you reached your investment goal, you would do as ...

VC Fred Wilson was optimistic: But this effort gives us an opening. We can get things like visa reform on the White House's agenda through new channels. We can push back on nutty ideas like regulating VC firms so that my blog posts would have to be signed off on a compliance officer before they go public. We can shine a light on areas that need help and ...