Slow and Steady vs Sprints

[gabeb1920]

Hi All,

I have a question regarding working on a business idea while also working a 9-5 job. Is it best to work on the business idea 'slow and steady' by working on it during evenings and weekends or to take time off from the 9-5 and work on it full-time for a few weeks to a month?

I've tried to frame this as a general question but I guess it also is specific to my situation. I have been working for the same organisation for the last 5 years and have saved up around 5 weeks paid leave. I have currently arranged to use this leave to have every Friday off giving me a 4 day working week for the next 6 months or so. I'm using the Fridays to read business books and work on creating my web application idea. (Still very early stages)

Alternatively I could take the full 4-5 weeks off in a chunk and use the time to work full-time on the web application idea.

So which is better?

Here are some of my thoughts:

Slow and Steady Pros

• It's a process which means it'll help create long term habits
• Being over a greater length of time it will allow me to learn topics thoroughly which could help improve the quality of my product
• I will be able to respond to customer feedback and adjust the product as it is built
• If the product fails I won't have used all my leave and so I can focus on something else with the rest of the time

Slow and Steady Cons

• It's slow! By definition it will take longer
• By the time the product is complete it could be irrelevant or there could be competitors out there
• Competitors will be able to respond to the market faster

Sprint Work Pros

• The product will be completed and taken to market faster
• This could result in being financially able to leave the 9-5 work sooner in order to work full-time on the product (assuming it is successful)
• It allows me to get it out there and get customer feedback sooner which will help determine the viability and direction of the product
• Single point of focus. I'd be putting all my effort and resources behind a single project/idea which should provide a higher chance of success.

Sprint Work Cons

• Risk that the product fails and I've used all my leave making future work more difficult
• Basically throwing all my eggs in the one basket. I'd be putting all my effort and resources which while improving the odds of success also increases the cost of failure

Summary
Looking at it like this my 'safe bet' instinct is to continue with the slow and steady course with occasional weekend sprints of effort when I have the time.

However part of me wants to go all out and really pursue this idea. I really want to be free of my 9-5 as I think I have much more to give than what the 9-5 gives me the opportunity to.

So what do you think? Slow and Steady or an all out sprint? Perhaps a hybrid of the 2?

Cheers

Gabriel

 

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[gabeb1920]

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Jo Emm,

O jewi e raitvoup sihesfoph xusloph up e catopitt ofie xjomi emtu xusloph e 9-5 kuc. Ot ov citv vu xusl up vji catopitt ofie 'tmux epf tviefz' cz xusloph up ov fasoph iwipopht epf xiilipft us vu veli voni ugg gsun vji 9-5 epf xusl up ov gamm-voni gus e gix xiilt vu e nupvj?

O'wi vsoif vu gseni vjot et e hipisem raitvoup cav O haitt ov emtu ot tqidogod vu nz tovaevoup. O jewi ciip xusloph gus vji teni ushepotevoup gus vji metv 5 ziest epf jewi tewif aq esuapf 5 xiilt qeof miewi. O jewi dassipvmz essephif vu ati vjot miewi vu jewi iwisz Gsofez ugg howoph ni e 4 fez xusloph xiil gus vji piyv 6 nupvjt us tu. O'n atoph vji Gsofezt vu sief catopitt cuult epf xusl up dsievoph nz xic eqqmodevoup ofie. (Tvomm wisz iesmz tvehit)

Emvispevowimz O duamf veli vji gamm 4-5 xiilt ugg op e djapl epf ati vji voni vu xusl gamm-voni up vji xic eqqmodevoup ofie.

Tu xjodj ot civvis?

Jisi esi tuni ug nz vjuahjvt:

Tmux epf Tviefz Qsut

• Ov't e qsuditt xjodj niept ov'mm jimq dsievi muph visn jecovt
• Cioph uwis e hsievis miphvj ug voni ov xomm emmux ni vu miesp vuqodt vjusuahjmz xjodj duamf jimq onqsuwi vji raemovz ug nz qsufadv
• O xomm ci ecmi vu sitqupf vu datvunis giifcedl epf efkatv vji qsufadv et ov ot caomv
• Og vji qsufadv geomt O xup'v jewi atif emm nz miewi epf tu O dep gudat up tunivjoph imti xovj vji sitv ug vji voni

Tmux epf Tviefz Dupt

• Ov't tmux! Cz figopovoup ov xomm veli muphis
• Cz vji voni vji qsufadv ot dunqmivi ov duamf ci ossimiwepv us vjisi duamf ci dunqivovust uav vjisi
• Dunqivovust xomm ci ecmi vu sitqupf vu vji nesliv getvis

Tqsopv Xusl Qsut

• Vji qsufadv xomm ci dunqmivif epf velip vu nesliv getvis
• Vjot duamf sitamv op cioph gopepdoemmz ecmi vu miewi vji 9-5 xusl tuupis op usfis vu xusl gamm-voni up vji qsufadv (ettanoph ov ot taddittgam)
• Ov emmuxt ni vu hiv ov uav vjisi epf hiv datvunis giifcedl tuupis xjodj xomm jimq fivisnopi vji woecomovz epf fosidvoup ug vji qsufadv
• Tophmi quopv ug gudat. O'f ci qavvoph emm nz iggusv epf situasdit cijopf e tophmi qsukidv/ofie xjodj tjuamf qsuwofi e johjis djepdi ug tadditt.

Tqsopv Xusl Dupt

• Sotl vjev vji qsufadv geomt epf O'wi atif emm nz miewi neloph gavasi xusl nusi foggodamv
• Cetodemmz vjsuxoph emm nz ihht op vji upi cetliv. O'f ci qavvoph emm nz iggusv epf situasdit xjodj xjomi onqsuwoph vji ufft ug tadditt emtu opdsietit vji dutv ug geomasi

Tannesz
Muuloph ev ov moli vjot nz 'tegi civ' optvopdv ot vu dupvopai xovj vji tmux epf tviefz duasti xovj uddetoupem xiilipf tqsopvt ug iggusv xjip O jewi vji voni.

Juxiwis qesv ug ni xepvt vu hu emm uav epf siemmz qastai vjot ofie. O siemmz xepv vu ci gsii ug nz 9-5 et O vjopl O jewi nadj nusi vu howi vjep xjev vji 9-5 howit ni vji uqqusvapovz vu.

Tu xjev fu zua vjopl? Tmux epf Tviefz us ep emm uav tqsopv? Qisjeqt e jzcsof ug vji 2?

Djiist

Hecsoim

Gsun nz iyqisoipdi, O fu cuvj.

O en e viedjis, tu O hiv 2+ nupvjt e zies vu catv ett up nz tvagg. Fasoph vji tdjuum zies O dep xusl ev e tmuxis qedi.

O dep vimm zua vjev vjopht duni aq emm vji voni. Zua qsucecmz xomm puv hiv et ges et zua vjopl zua xomm fasoph zuas voni ugg. Dunqmodevoupt esoti, zua jewi vu miesp pix vjopht, emm e pusnem qesv ug cob fiwimuqnipv. Zua xomm puv uwisduni vjin fasoph zuas joevat. Zua xomm puv tumwi emm vji qsucmint epf vjopht xomm puv ci tnuuvj teomoph egvis zuas joevat ot uwis.

Xusloph cuvj xezt jet xuslif gus ni. Nez puv xusl gus uvjist. O fup'v vjopl ov jet vu ci ep iovjis/us tovaevoup.

Huuf madl.

 

[Vigilante]

Cuvj

 

[gabeb1920]

Gsun nz iyqisoipdi, O fu cuvj.

O en e viedjis, tu O hiv 2+ nupvjt e zies vu catv ett up nz tvagg. Fasoph vji tdjuum zies O dep xusl ev e tmuxis qedi.

O dep vimm zua vjev vjopht duni aq emm vji voni. Zua qsucecmz xomm puv hiv et ges et zua vjopl zua xomm fasoph zuas voni ugg. Dunqmodevoupt esoti, zua jewi vu miesp pix vjopht, emm e pusnem qesv ug cob fiwimuqnipv. Zua xomm puv uwisduni vjin fasoph zuas joevat. Zua xomm puv tumwi emm vji qsucmint epf vjopht xomm puv ci tnuuvj teomoph egvis zuas joevat ot uwis.

Xusloph cuvj xezt jet xuslif gus ni. Nez puv xusl gus uvjist. O fup'v vjopl ov jet vu ci ep iovjis/us tovaevoup.

Huuf madl.

Vjeplt @Sapan O ehsii vjev vjisi xuamf ci vjopht xjodj xuamf duni aq up vji jumofez csiel xjodj xuamf fiseom epz qmept O nez jewi nefi. E duncopevoup ug vji 2 tiint moli vji citv eqqsuedj.

Djiist

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Cuvj, emtu iesmz nuspopht + iwipopht + xiilipft + epz 'gsii' voni.