A safer plan for quitting a job to build a solo business
A engineer is considering leaving a job to build an independent business. About €100,000 is held in savings and another €100,000 in stocks, while manageable expenses could allow several years without immediate business success. Hard work and self-discipline are not the concern.
The real fear is spending one or two years coding, creating content, and improving systems for something nobody wants. Building a product produces visible output, so it can feel like progress even when there is no evidence of customer demand. The plan is to test several ideas in a structured way instead of betting on one business.
Every test would define its intended , the prediction being tested, a time limit, measurable outside , and rules for continuing, changing direction, or stopping. Documenting the process on YouTube is also being considered.
Key points
- About €100,000 in savings and €100,000 in stocks could support several years of testing.
- The main risk is working for one or two years without proving that customers want the product.
- Several limited experiments would replace one large bet on a single business.
- Each experiment would have an , a testable prediction, a deadline, outside measures, and clear decision rules.
- The business-building process may also be documented on YouTube.