Our initial landing page was designed to do one thing: capture e-mail addresses that we can use as lead generation. The messaging was incredibly vague about what PublicBeta would actually be, but it was clear about one thing: entrepreneurship is tough and we wanted to help entrepreneurs.
If you have the passion and ambition to build the next Facebook or Instagram, then put your money where your mouth is and fund the thing yourself.
Back in 2008, I quit my 2-month old corporate job (and ultimately, career) to pursue WooThemes full-time. This was just as a worldwide recession hit and everyone was clawing to their existing jobs like there was no tomorrow.
Being courageous isn't about the risks you take (or don't take for that matter). Being courageous is about putting yourself in situations that are beyond your comfort zone.
I don't know about you, but I'm incredibly bad at taking time off and just switching off (from work). Which means I'm equally bad at taking a proper holiday.