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.
Humanist, family man, seeker and learner. 3X Founder (2 exits): Cogsy, Conversio & WooCommerce. I wrote and published Life Profitability. Ex-Rockstar.
How to Make Risky Decisions
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.
The World Rewards Courageous Decisions
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.
How to Take a Holiday
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.
Startups & Faster Learning
Regardless of whether you are bootstrapped or have a nice, comfortable war chest from fundraising, every day that you have unvalidated assumptions and you're not learning, is a day that costs you money.