Good luck man. I'm going through almost exactly the same thing. I am also 28, built up a big "runway" of savings, and my last day at work is next Friday. Hope your ideas work out for you!
Be careful not to let your long runway slow you down. It's long enough to make this a success, but not if you launch in 2 years time because you can. Push yourself to get to beta early and live launch not far after. This will give you plenty of time to pivot (although I hate the use of the word these days, it's appropriate) or even just listen to customer feedback and improve.<p>I guess I see a 2.5 year runway and think that's got to be enough to make something work as long as you still act like you have a 6 month one.
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I've got a few yrs of runway, since costs are super low in India. Balanced by the lack of early adopter market access I guess.<p>We sold and launched first prod within 6m, and made some real revenue, trying to go full bootstrap.<p>We're going the small niche market route.. Let's see if that works, now trying a diff product which might be faster to sell...<p>May the force be with you!
"You know what's cool? A trillion dollars". Awesome.<p>I hope niche idea does not mean small targeted marketed. It appears building a dude business takes as much time/effort as building a large business.
I really hope he isn't paying for that office. That's suicide, waste of money. And it looks like it doesn't have any real windows. When you are depressed things aren't going the way you hoped, you want to be able to see the light of day.
I left 2 months ago. Now following the big idea! I think it's a good start for you to gather some interest around you. It should help you control your time and become more efficient.
I was thinking to do the same but never did...