| One approach (I'm assuming you're not married, if so, disregard): Make a plan to work at a regular company for 3(?) years. Live frugally and save as much as you can. During those 3 years do these things: - Meet people. Specifically, technical people who are in other technical areas. Learn a little bit about what each of them does and how they do it. - Treat your time away from your day job as time you're working for yourself. Develop ideas, flesh them out, build prototypes, maybe an MVP. - Learn about corporate financial statements: P&Ls, Cash Flow, Balance sheet. This is important for analyzing your business ideas. Once you have a product or service concept, build a pro forma financial model and convince yourself whether the idea can fly as a business. Once the 3 years is up, you'll have seen a broader variety of 'real world' problems to be solved, you'll have met people who you might leverage in establishing a business, you'll have a handful of ideas to choose from, and, you'll have savings to sustain you while you put your shoulders into it. Importantly, don't force it, be patient and remain objective. Good Luck! |