02/09/2026
Going All-In on Your Startup Can Be a Nightmare...
If you're building a startup on the side, you've probably had this thought: "If I could just quit my job and work on this full-time, then everything would move so much faster." I get you. I've dreamt about going "all in" too. A lot. Right now, getting one day per week for my startup is a good week, so I could be going over 5x faster.
But, there's a dark side to going all-in that I think a lot of aspiring founders underestimate. Because if you do it too early, it will turn into a nightmare. And I've experienced a version of that nightmare, despite never actually quitting my day job. Let me explain...