“365 days later I had built a business to $3,500 a month from a laptop and a Starbucks while I had a full-time job I had made it I walked into work handed my resignation and quit my full-time job”

Keep The Day Job Until The Side Project Crosses A Real Revenue Threshold

Pat kept his full-time job for a full year while building Starter Story on nights and weekends. He only quit once the side project hit $3,500 a month in recurring revenue, using the day job as the funding source for the bootstrap.