[martijn_himself]

Would you have any advice especially on how to master design skills and how to deal with pressures around personal finance when starting out on your own? I'm about to quit my job in 'enterprise' software development because I am bored to death.

[paul7986]

Save up a lot of money, ask family & friends to invest and apply to incubators that provide seed capital. Also move back in with family if that's an option.

This is what I did and it allowed a three year runway to try and make it happen.

It didn't happen in terms of a financial success but it was a lot of fun! Way more then working for the man in any field!