If you don't live in the US, people will think you are crazy for leaving your job. They will just assume that your business will fail and you are just wasting your time. Essentially, they will view you as unemployed and feel sorry for you.

Many people will think you are crazy even if you live in the US. That's why it was cool to go to Startup School last year. People actually encouraged me to quit my job there :).

huh? Here in SF, a good chunk of engineers I met work for startups, and alot of them are not really known. Some have their own startups. It is just accepted, and startup failure is just part of the normal life in here.

After a startup fails, few people will get burned and just seek stable employment on a large company, either for good, or just to save some money so they can start another startup again. Some just jump to the next startup available.

Part of life. Unless you are getting paid lots of cash, the best engineers are not necessary working for the big companies out there. HP and Oracle cubicle culture, are downright depressing.

your business will most likely fail. I guess you just have to accept that and try despite the high likelihood of failure.

escapefromcubiclenation.com?

I never really cared for the concept of starting a business in order to MOVE AWAY from something you don't like.

I always thought that you geometrically increase your chances for success by MOVING TOWARD what you really want.

Most of us oblige Newtown's First Law - The Law of Inertia - when it comes to going off the safe path

"Our benefits were astonishing in comprehensiveness and quality of care. Sometimes we questioned whether they were worth it. We though moving to India might be better, or going back to nursing school. Doing something with the handicapped or working with our hands. No one ever acted on these impulses, despite their daily, sometimes hourly contractions. Instead we met in conference rooms to discuss the issues of the day"

Then We Came to The End, A 1st Novel by Joshua Ferris, First page. Excellent writing, still reading it off and on. (Note text emphasis mine, not in text)

Watching the Big Idea with Donnie Deutsch one of the interviewees suggested jumping out of the plane first and building your parachute second. That was a powerful image, you really need that parachute but until you jumped, you never really got to it.

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