Originally Posted by Makocross
I am on the other end of the scale. I have worked as a chicken egg packer up to the space shuttle announcer and I started a solar company and a scuba communication company. I am used to not knowing if I would have a paycheck from month to month. Are you? NOPE! Nor do I want to jump in that deep right up-front - nor can I. Do you have a family to feed? NOPE! Just me & the dog. The single common thread in successful business entrepreneurs is they have a spouse or partner to support them wholeheartedly. Do you have someone? NOPE! Haha see a pattern here? I have lots of free time & I think I may have figured out a progressive & motivational outlet of expression at the very minimum but perhaps also a means to engage my ideas with more purpose & profit. If you think you can pull this off I would say go for it. Never know till you fail, right!? Haha
This whole 3d printing thing is like when Altair and Apple computers came out and you can see how that turned out. Life is too short to be stuck in a job you don't like. If any of this sounds intimidating you can start part time, keep the day job until the side job can hold it's own. Exactly what I am thinking. Test the waters, ask around, get informed before getting educated before getting to work then work incrementally until supply & demand is realized. Sounds easy! Ha! I did this with both of my companies, but more importantly I did it with several other companies that didn't make it. My advice is go for it but don't be stupid.
Mike
Thank you Mike! I like how you worded everything you had to say... as if there is any other way to do it!