“I actually built my business while I had a full-time job by waking up early, going to the Starbucks down the street, locking in, putting my headphones on… blocking all distractions, turning my phone off and just doing deep work.”

Built the business at 6am — deep work blocks before the day job

Side-project velocity comes from protected, distraction-free blocks — not from quitting first. Wake up early, kill notifications, and ship the hardest task before the 9-to-5 starts. Compounded daily over a year, that's enough to launch.