Ask HN: How did you start your business?
I left my job. Or, more accurately, the startup I was doing contract work for went under, and I decided not to look for another contract afterwards. I worked on a few projects before starting my business, Indie Hackers, which I grew to just under $6k/mo in revenue (in 8 months) before joining Stripe.<p>I've done interviews with close to 300 founders. Recently, I added a sortable, filterable directory that can help answer questions like yours. For example, you can filter to only show businesses started as a side project: <a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/products?commitment=side-project" rel="nofollow">https://www.indiehackers.com/products?commitment=side-projec...</a>. I'm still working on improving the accuracy, but it's coming along.