Hey Trevor and Jared,<p>I am in the midst of creating a new platform as a service product while working at a large tech company. I am not quite willing to reveal the platform to the world yet, but it is a new take on backend-as-a-service platforms that I think will be very intriguing to developers.<p>My question is not specific to my product and instead pertains to the situation of trying to develop a startup while working full time at a large company. I have done 0 work on the product on my employers time and am not concerned with that aspect. I am more interested in your thoughts on when would be the ideal time to leave my current post to work full time on the startup? My biggest concern is leaving the financial stability of my current job when I have no capital lined up to support a startup. I have already launched a closed beta of the platform and am getting feedback from a small set of users and plan to open the beta up to the world in the coming months. In your experience have you ever seen VC&#x27;s or Angel&#x27;s be willing to make a deal with a startup founded by a full time employee of a different company. If I were able to secure funding, I would be absolutely be willing to move on and work full time on the startup but making that leap without funding would be a difficult decision. Any words of wisdom you can offer here would be greatly appreciated!<p>Thanks!