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This is a really interesting topic. I think almost every developer dreams about his own business or product. I personally don't see that sitting minimum 8 hours per day for someone else makes sense, but on the other side at the same time, you are safe, someone else takes care about lot of things for you. It's hard to project any path which leads to own successful business. So far what I have seen is that only thing that counts here are balls, if you know what I mean :) One of the ways which is reasonable for me, is to first try to switch to freelancing and there you can test and see are you actually able to take care about lot of things that are usually done by the company, and btw those things are not coding. With your experience and knowledge you should be able to find really good freelancing jobs or you can even try to join some platform for freelancers... Being a freelancer is almost the same as starting your own business. Later if you see that you can earn lot more money or to hire some geeks, just open a company and take a next step.