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Ask HN: How do you start a startup in your 30s when you have wife/kids/mortgage?

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atzero
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Is there any non obvious pitfalls that I should know about? I mean theres the general pitfalls about starting a company that everyone on HN knows, but anything about starting a company in your 30s?
atzero
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Because I have an idea I cant stop thinking about and I feel like ill regret it the rest of my life if I dont try it.
atzero
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Hey OP here, thanks for all the advice and the offer at the end. However I am nowhere near ready to start down this path so maybe way down the line ill send you a DM haha.
atzero
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Do you feel like that because you were once a professional, that it helps with the startup? As in, does it help you avoid useless nonsense that doesnt add to the bottom line?

Also the time management piece is ultra important here I think. Its like Leetcode for time management. Theres leetcode easy which is just brute force working hours, then theres more efficient ways of working that become more obvious in a professional setting. Its the one thing I have over myself when I was 24. I know how to manage time more effectively.

Do you feel the same way?
atzero
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I agree with all of this. Fortunately my spouse is very supportive, she just doesnt want to become destitute, and I cant blame her.

Also fortunately, we are both boring homebodys and she wouldnt really have a problem with me working on this every night.
atzero
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I think I understand what you mean. Bootstrap = use your current salary. VC = use startup funds to pay yourself but it gets touchy real quick.

I currently make 140k in MCOL, so to hear that taking a 140k salary isnt out of the question, eventually, is reassuring.