How to live your startup dream without quitting your day job

You become an entrepreneur because it chooses you. No matter when you make the decision, you know in your gut you just have to go for it.

As Patrick J McGinnis writes in 'The 10% Entrepreneur: Living Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job', "You don't become an entrepreneur because you want to be rich or famous. You become an entrepreneur because it chooses you. No matter when you make the decision, you know in your gut you just have to go for it."

That call is hard to resist, especially as you imagine fleeing your cubicle to follow that gut feeling.

But McGinnis, a venture capitalist and private equity investor, suggests starting small: becoming a '10% entrepreneur'.

10% entrepreneurs invest just 10% of their time and resources into a new venture, while holding on to their full-time job.

source: techgig.com