steakaphagus - 6:57 pm on Sep 24, 2008 (gmt 0)

Well, I'm kinda hoping both can be done....for a while anyway. My full-time job is about 60hours a week. Got a site about to go live, and reckon revenue will be slow - mainly because I realise I can't devote enough time to get things really going quickly. That being said it just might make decent cash one day but I personally wouldn't quit the day job until I knew the mortgage could be paid.

An alternative is, once revenue picks up, to hire staff to run things for you. One day, though, the choice will come between day job or site and that is where I think it depends on how much risk you are prepared to take in life. One thing many entrepreneurs seem to have in common - they have had to gamble everything they had to make it big. Guess the best thing is to limit the risks before making the leap!