Diary Of A Start-UpChicken wings, bloody lips--plus more pots of coffee than you can count. Here's what it's really like to start a business on the side.
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It's 8:30 a.m. on Friday, the day I'm quitting mywell-paying job. My wife, Greer, and I make our way to the subwaythrough a torrential downpour. Because my hands are full, when weget to the turnstile, I shut our collapsible umbrella with my chin.The next thing I know, the umbrella flies back at me, almostknocking out a tooth.
My finger was still on the "open" button. Great.I've been planning this morning for weeks--in certain respects,for years--and it isn't supposed to happen this way. Up untilthe bloody lip, I'm running at 90 percent confidence and 10percent fear. Afterwards, it's 90 percent fear.
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