[graeme]

None of these sound like great reasons. I'm four years into starting a business. Here was my motivation:

  * A burning desire not to work for anyone else.
  * A desire, not to retire, but to free up time for all the other things I want to do. Chiefly learning.

It is impossible to to convey, in writing, how badly I wanted these things. I had had a small taste of the working world, and couldn't bear the thought of it.

I wanted to be free of my time. I had read the four hour workweek, and longed for income to that was mostly automatic.

Your motives don't seem like mine. You sound like you might be a better candidate for this:

http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/

That's a reasonable guide to retiring in your 30s. The author was a software engineer. He just reduced his spending and saved a high % of his salary.

[cageface]

A burning desire not to work for anyone else.

Thing is, you're always working for someone else. A boss, a customer, an investor etc.

As far as I'm concerned the only really good reason to do your own thing is that you get to choose what to work on, provided what you want to work on is actually financially viable.

[throwaway8137]

I think made a really wrong impression in that post. Somehow I can't really find the right words to express myself right now.

While I understand the appeal of passive income, I think I would rather work 24/7 on something really meaningful.

Your motives don't seem like mine.

That is not necessarily a bad thing. There are many types of entrepreneurs.

[tim333]

Maybe try building something on the side in your spare time complimentary to the business you work for?